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Marreese Speights
Marreese "Mo Buckets" Speights, born 1987 in St. Petersburg, Florida, is a former NBA center/power forward drafted 16th overall by the 76ers in 2008; he won the 2007 NCAA title with Florida and the 2015 NBA title with Golden State.
Marri Rajasekhar Reddy (మర్రి రాజశేఖర్ రెడ్డి)
Marri Rajasekhar Reddy (MRR, మర్రి రాజశేఖర్ రెడ్డి), BRS businessman-educationist and MLA for Malkajgiri, Telangana since December 2023; earlier TRS candidate for Malkajgiri Lok Sabha seat in 2019; son-in-law of Malla Reddy.
Marriage
Marriage: socially and legally recognized union establishing rights between partners, their children, and kin. Also called matrimony; forms include civil, religious, customary, monogamous and polygamous. Recorded from about 2350 B.C. in Mesopotamia; same-sex marriage legal in nearly 40 jurisdictions since 2001.
Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013
The Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 (c. 30) is the UK law legalizing same-sex marriage in England and Wales. Royal Assent 17 July 2013; first marriages 29 March 2014; includes the quadruple lock religious protection.
Marriage à la façon du pays
Marriage à la façon du pays, or country marriage, was the customary common-law marriage between European fur traders and Indigenous or Métis women in North America, combining Indigenous bride-price customs with European elements, sustaining trade alliances, and producing the Métis people.
Marriage age in the United States
Marriage age in the United States: state-set minimum marriage ages and exceptions. As of 2025, 16 states, 2 territories, and D.C. ban marriage under 18 with no exceptions; 4 states and 2 territories set no statutory floor; over 300,000 minors married 2000–2018.
Marriage alliance of Prabhavati Gupta and Rudrasena II
The marriage alliance of Prabhavati Gupta and Rudrasena II was a diplomatic marriage around 380 AD in which Chandragupta II gave his daughter to the Vakataka crown prince.
Marriage alliance policy with the Yuan
The marriage alliance policy with the Yuan (혼인동맹) was the arrangement under which Goryeo kings married Yuan imperial princesses, beginning in 1274 with the future King Chungnyeol marrying a daughter of Khubilai Khan.
Marriage and wedding customs in the Philippines
Marriage and wedding customs in the Philippines: Family Code legal rules, Catholic veil, cord, coins and candle rituals, sponsors, Muslim and indigenous traditions, and declining marriage statistics.
Marriage Boot Camp
Marriage Boot Camp is a WE tv reality franchise (2013-2022, 19 seasons) where troubled couples undergo intensive counseling drills in a shared house, spun off from Bridezillas with Bridezillas, Reality Stars, Family Edition, and Hip Hop Edition variants.
Marriage certificate
A marriage certificate, also called a certificate of marriage, is the official government record created after a marriage ceremony is performed and filed; it serves as proof of marriage for banks, insurers, and agencies.
Marriage in ancient Rome
Marriage in ancient Rome, known in Latin as iustum matrimonium, was a legally recognized partnership between citizens designed to produce legitimate descendants who could inherit property and status.
Marriage in Anglicanism
Marriage in Anglicanism is the teaching and liturgical practice of Anglican churches, treating marriage as a permanent, lifelong covenant of one man and one woman, governed by canon law.
Marriage in England and Wales
Marriage in England and Wales: legally recognised unions under 1836-era and Marriage Act 1949 rules, requiring 29-day notice, approved venues or registered religious buildings, with 2025 to 2026 reforms proposing officiant-based overhaul.
Marriage in Goryeo
Marriage in Goryeo (고려 혼인), the marriage system of the Korean dynasty of 918–1392, was matrilocal: bridegrooms lived at the bride's house, and sons and daughters inherited equally.
Marriage in Hinduism
Marriage in Hinduism, or Vivaha (विवाह), is a Hindu sacrament regarded as a sacred, indissoluble bond spanning multiple lifetimes and counted among the samskaras, or rites of passage.
Marriage in Iran
Marriage in Iran is governed by the Civil Code as interpreted through Jaʿfari Shiʿite jurisprudence, with a minimum marriage age of 13 for girls and 15 for boys.
Marriage in Islam
Marriage in Islam (nikah) is a civil-law contract with offer, acceptance, mahr dower, wali, and witnesses. Covers classical fiqh rules, divorce, polygyny, codification, and 2025 state-law changes.
Marriage in Israel
Marriage in Israel is conducted only through recognized religious authorities (Chief Rabbinate, Sharia, Druze, ecclesiastical courts); no civil marriage exists domestically. Couples excluded marry abroad, notably via Utah online marriages recognized after the 2023 Bril Supreme Court ruling.
Marriage in Japan
Marriage in Japan is a legal union registered through the koseki family register, requiring a single shared surname and defined by civil law as between a man and a woman.
Marriage in Pakistan
Marriage in Pakistan (nikah) is a family-centered legal contract under Muslim family law: high cousin-marriage rates, 80.5% of women reporting a say in spouse choice (PDHS 2017-18), and evolving child-marriage laws by province.
Marriage in the Catholic Church
Marriage in the Catholic Church (matrimony) is a sacrament: a lifelong covenant between a baptized man and woman, defined in canon 1055 of the 1983 Code, marked by unity and indissolubility, formed by consent, and governed by canon law on impediments, nullity, and remarriage.
Marriage in the Eastern Orthodox Church
Marriage in the Eastern Orthodox Church, or the Mystery of Crowning, is a sacrament joined by God, marked by betrothal rings and crowns, with no vows, a three-marriage limit, and economy-based remarriage after divorce.
Marriage in the United States
Marriage in the United States: a state-regulated legal status governed federally by 1 U.S.C. §7 (as amended by the 2022 Respect for Marriage Act), shaped by Loving v. Virginia (1967), Windsor (2013), and Obergefell (2015), with state variation in minimum age, recognition, and common law marriage.
Marriage in Ukraine
Marriage in Ukraine (шлюб): state-registered union of a man and a woman under the 2002 Family Code; 18-year minimum age, one-month ZAGS/DRACS waiting period, joint property default, wartime online registration since 2024.
Marriage law
Marriage law: the legal rules governing who may marry, valid formation, spousal rights, and dissolution. Covers the shift from canon law to civil marriage (France 1791, England 1753/1836), minimum ages, divorce, and same-sex marriage recognition.
Marriage Law of the People's Republic of China
The Marriage Law of the People's Republic of China (中华人民共和国婚姻法), passed in April 1950, was the first basic law of the new state and took effect on 1 May 1950.
Marriage license
A marriage license, also known as a wedding license, is a government-issued permission to marry, typically issued by a county clerk, distinct from the marriage certificate that proves the marriage occurred.
Marriage of Charlie Johns and Eunice Winstead
1937 Tennessee child marriage: tobacco farmer Charlie Johns (22 or 25) wed 9-year-old Eunice Winstead near Treadway, performed by preacher Walter Lamb for $1; national outrage led Tennessee to set a minimum marriage age.
Marriage of Che Man and Huyen Tran
The marriage of Che Man and Huyen Tran was a 1306 diplomatic marriage between Che Man, king of Champa, and princess Huyen Tran of Dai Viet.