- Gretna Green marriage
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Brit. Informal.marriage without parental consent; elopement.[1860-65]
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Gretna Green marriage
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Gretna Green marriage — A marriage which was valid in Scotland and required only the mutual declarations of the parties made in the presence of witnesses. A marriage performed in a literal or figurative Gretna Green. See Gretna Green … Ballentine's law dictionary
Gretna Green marriage — Gret·na Green mar·riage || gretnÉ™ marriage done in secret, elopement … English contemporary dictionary
Gretna Green marriage — Brit. Informal. marriage without parental consent; elopement. [1860 65] … Useful english dictionary
Gretna Green — infobox UK place country = Scotland official name= Gretna Green gaelic name= scots name= latitude=55.002 longitude= 3.066 os grid reference= NY318680 population= unitary scotland= Dumfries and Galloway lieutenancy scotland= Dumfries post town=… … Wikipedia
Gretna Green — Koordinaten 55° 0′ N, 3° 4′ W … Deutsch Wikipedia
Gretna Green — a village in S Scotland, near the English border, to which many English couples formerly eloped to be married. * * * ▪ Scotland, United Kingdom village in Dumfries and Galloway council area, historic county of Dumfriesshire, Scotland. It… … Universalium
Gretna Green — La vieille échoppe du forgeron à Gretna Green. Épisodes d un mariage à Gretna Green, trois … Wikipédia en Français
Gretna Green — Gret|na Green a village in southern Scotland on the border with England. Until 1940, the marriage laws were less strict in Scotland than in England, and so many young English couples, whose parents did not want them to marry, ran away to get… … Dictionary of contemporary English
Gretna Green — The reputation of this Scottish village as a place where runaway English couples could marry dates from 1754, when clandestine marriages were forbidden throughout England, only those where banns had been published or a special licence obtained … A Dictionary of English folklore
Gretna Green — n. small town in south Scotland; site of an infamous blacksmith shop where young English couples came to elope when parents and guardians refused consent to the marriage (Gretna Green1756 1854); site where couples come to elope … English contemporary dictionary
