civil marriage
civil wedding

The couple continued to live together after the civil marriage.

My parents refused to go along with this, so had a civil marriage.

That was why my parents chose a civil marriage in the '60s.

The benefits that status provided were less than those of civil marriage.

On November 12, 1888, law number 2,393 provided the right of civil marriage, effective immediately.

The idea behind this act was to give everyone in India the ability to marry outside the personal law under a civil marriage.

A religious ceremony may be performed after a civil marriage.

With the fall of his empire, civil marriage in Germany began to die out.

Civil marriage is mandatory, but many people also have a religious ceremony.