Assertion: marriage's law | /r/CapableOf | authorize marriage
Facets:
value: to be legal
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: The law in England authorizes marriages to be legal if properly carried out and registered in the Church of England and some other religious bodies (e.g. Jewish, Quakers): other men and women who wish to marry can be married by a local official authorized to do so (civil ceremony).