2011 US Code
Title 1 - General Provisions
Chapter 1 - RULES OF CONSTRUCTION (§§ 1 - 8)
Section 7 - Definition of “marriage” and “spouse”
View Metadata| Publication Title | United States Code, 2006 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS CHAPTER 1 - RULES OF CONSTRUCTION Sec. 7 - Definition of “marriage” and “spouse” |
| Contains | section 7 |
| Date | 2011 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 3, 2012 |
| Positive Law | Yes |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Added Pub. L. 104-199, §3(a), Sept. 21, 1996, 110 Stat. 2419. |
| Statutes at Large Reference | 110 Stat. 2419 |
| Public Law Reference | Public Law 104-199 |
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In determining the meaning of any Act of Congress, or of any ruling, regulation, or interpretation of the various administrative bureaus and agencies of the United States, the word “marriage” means only a legal union between one man and one woman as husband and wife, and the word “spouse” refers only to a person of the opposite sex who is a husband or a wife.
(Added Pub. L. 104–199, §3(a), Sept. 21, 1996, 110 Stat. 2419.)
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