English

Noun

marriage lines

1. plural of marriage line
2. (plural only, chiefly Britain) A marriage certificate.
   • 1939, John Bakeless, Daniel Boone: Master of the Wilderness, ISBN 0803260903, page 7:

     Then, after the usual Quaker custom, everyone present signed the marriage lines as a witness.

   • 2012, Marsali Taylor, The Story of Busta House, ISBN 1291219145, page 19:

     The traditional version of the story continues that Baabie Pitcairn ran to the body, stooped over it and took a paper from the inside pocket – her marriage lines.

   • 2013, Jane Aiken Hodge, Wide is the Water, ISBN 1448210844:

     But the loss of their marriage lines did not make writing to Mercy any easier, and he decided to write the letter to his mother first.