registry office
Civil wedding venue
A registry office is a British government office where civil marriages are performed and births, deaths, and marriages are officially recorded.
Couples who want a non-religious wedding ceremony go to the registry office: They were married at the registry office on a Tuesday afternoon.
Also called a register office.
Formal event marking occasions
- vowsSolemn binding promises
- nuptialsVows and rings
- civil ceremonyNonreligious legal marriage
- weddingMarriage rite and feast
bride · groom · officiant · witnesses · union · matrimony · signing · marriage certificate
Official record of arrival
- death certificateOfficial record of passing
- archivesStored historical documents
- filingStoring documents systematically
- databaseOrganized digital information collection
record-keeping · documentation · vital records · certificates · indexing · cataloging · repository · civil status
Administrative written tasks
- formsVarieties or documents
- documentationWritten proof or instructions
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
- red tapeBureaucratic obstacles to action
procedures · compliance · regulations · clerks · officials · stamps · appointments · queues
Legal family formation
- naturalizationLegal path to belonging
- divorce decreeCourt document ending marriage
- name changeModifying one's designation
- citizenshipStatus as state member
legal status · statutory · civil servants · local authority · town hall · council · municipality · permits
ceremony
Formal event marking occasions
- vowsSolemn binding promises
- nuptialsVows and rings
- civil ceremonyNonreligious legal marriage
wedding · bride · groom · officiant · witnesses · union · matrimony · signing · marriage certificate · reception
birth certificate
Official record of arrival
- death certificateOfficial record of passing
- archivesStored historical documents
- filingStoring documents systematically
database · record-keeping · documentation · vital records · certificates · indexing · cataloging · repository · civil status · ancestry records
paperwork
Administrative written tasks
- formsVarieties or documents
- documentationWritten proof or instructions
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
red tape · procedures · compliance · regulations · clerks · officials · stamps · appointments · queues · fees
adoption
Legal family formation
- naturalizationLegal path to belonging
- divorce decreeCourt document ending marriage
- name changeModifying one's designation
citizenship · legal status · statutory · civil servants · local authority · town hall · council · municipality · permits · licensing
- birth recordsbirth date, birth name, birth record, birth location, date of birth
- death recordsdeath certificate, death record, death certificates, vital records, death notice
- property lawfreehold, leasehold, deed, deeds, title
- land recordsland records, parcel, land titles, cadastre, plat
- land registrycadastre, land title, title deed, land records, land transfer
- ship registryship name, home port, annual fees, annual renewal, deletion
registry officeGothic church
Medieval Christian worship building
stately home · castle · palace · ballroom · country estate
office, officer, register, registered, registration, registering, registry, unregistered, registrant