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2. By legalization, is also understood the act by which a judge or competent officer authenticates a record, or other matter, in order that the same may be lawfully read in evidence. Vide Authentication. of same-sex marriage in Spain Same-sex marriage in Spain was legalized in 2005. In 2004, the nation's newly elected Socialist government, led by President José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, began a campaign for its legalization, which would include adoption by same-sex couples. in July, the Spanish Ministry of Justice on August 8 authorized au·thor·ize tr.v. au·thor·ized, au·thor·iz·ing, au·thor·iz·es 1. To grant authority or power to. 2. To give permission for; sanction: foreign gay couples to marry in Spain "even if the legislation of their country does not permit such marriages," it said in a statement. But unlike with Canada, gay and lesbian couples can't just go there and get married, the ministry said: "At least one of them must be resident in Spain." |
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