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  City of Montpelier, Vermont: City Clerk -- Birth, Death, Marriage, Civil Union
A civil union is a legal relationship that provides same-sex couples in Vermont all the benefits, protections and responsibilities under law as are granted to spouses in a marriage.
Both parties to a civil union must be of the same sex and therefore ineligible for marriage.
You cannot enter a civil union with a parent, grandparent, sister, brother, child, grandchild, niece, nephew, aunt or uncle.
www.montpelier-vt.org /clerk/bdmcu.cfm   (2345 words)

  
  Civil death   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Civil death is a term that refers to the loss of all or almost all civil rights by a person due to a conviction for a felony or due to an act by the government of a country that results in the loss of civil rights.
A second example of civil death on a wide scale is the use of purges by the former Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin.
Historically, the declaration of a person as an outlaw was a common form of civil death.
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/c/ci/civil_death.html   (172 words)

  
 DEATH - LoveToKnow Article on DEATH   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
This miniature man is the savages conception of the soul; sleep and trance being regarded as the temporary, death as the permanent, absence of the soul.
Where written notice of the death, accompanied by a medical certificate of the cause of death, is sent to the registrar, information must nevertheless be given and the register signed within fourteen days after the death by the person giving the notice or some other person as required by the act.
Registers of death are, in law, evidence of the fact of death, and the entry, or a certified copy of it, will be sufficient evidence without a certificate of burial, although it is desirable that it should also be produced.
41.1911encyclopedia.org /D/DE/DEATH.htm   (4137 words)

  
 II. Of Death. Francis Bacon. 1909-14. Essays, Civil and Moral. The Harvard Classics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Certainly, the contemplation of death, as the wages of sin and passage to another world, is holy and religious; but the fear of it, 1 as a tribute due unto nature, is weak.
It is worthy the observing, that there is no passion in the mind of man so weak, but it mates 3 and masters the fear of death; and therefore death is no such terrible enemy when a man hath so many attendants about him that can win the combat of him.
Revenge triumphs over death; love slights it; honor aspireth to it; grief flieth to it; fear pre-occupateth 4 it; nay, we read, 5 after Otho the emperor had slain himself, pity (which is the tenderest of affections) provoked many to die, out of mere compassion to their sovereign, and as the truest sort of followers.
www.bartleby.com /3/1/2.html   (673 words)

  
 French Civil Code: Book I: Of Persons
By civil death, the party condemned loses his property in all the goods which he possessed; and the succession is open for the benefit of his heirs, on whom his estate devolves, in the same manner as if he were naturally dead and intestate.
The act of death shall contain the Christian names, surname, age, profession, and domicil of the deceased person; the Christian name and surname of the consort, if any, of the deceased, whether living or dead; the Christian names, surnames, age, profession, and residence of the deponents; and if they are relations their degree of affinity.
In case of death in prisons or houses of seclusion and detention, intimation thereof shall immediately be given, by the gaolers and keepers, to the officer of the civil power, who shall repair thither as directed in article 80, and shall reduce to writing the act of death.
www.utc.edu /Faculty/Anthony-Steinhoff/317/CodeCivil.html   (2942 words)

  
 Vermont Secretary of State - Civil Unions Law   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Parties to a civil union may modify the terms, conditions, or effects of their civil union in the same manner and to the same extent as married persons who execute an antenuptial agreement or other agreement recognized and enforceable under the law, setting forth particular understandings with respect to their union.
(b) A civil union certified before a person falsely professing to be a justice or a member of the clergy shall be valid, provided that the civil union is in other respects lawful, and that either of the parties to a civil union believed that he or she was lawfully joined in a civil union.
A copy of the record of the civil union received from the town or county clerk, the commissioner of health or the director of public records shall be presumptive evidence of the civil union in all courts.
www.sec.state.vt.us /otherprg/civilunions/civilunionlaw.html   (6810 words)

  
 La Genealogia Italiana
Now that I have described the actual death notation recorded in the civil ledgers of the commune, let's take a look at the two types of death documents which are available to the genealogists who requests them from their ancestral town.
Besides the civil death records described previously, you have one other option to obtain a death record for your ancestors and that is the death and burial record of the Catholic Church also known as the parish records found in your ancestor's Italian birthplace.
As with the civil death records, expect the parish death records to be the least valuable and most difficult and time consuming records to obtain.
www.electricscotland.com /familytree/magazine/febmar2003/italia.htm   (746 words)

  
 Degenerative Death   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The removal of death from the view of Americans meant individuals could deny impending death of loved ones until after the physical death and perhaps missing the opportunity for some meaningful final moments with a loved one.
While death during the Civil War could be sudden and unexpected, it was also an honorable event in the life of a soldier.
Numerous scholars have described early twentieth century death as ignoble and lonely, as previously described, but none have mentioned that the elderly dying in the early 1900s were once the comrades of those killed in the Civil War.
www.albany.edu /history/HIS530/mourning/degenerative.html   (270 words)

  
 Commercial and Civil Litigation Lawyers Bode & Grenier, L.L.P.
These cases, argued in federal and state courts across the country, include complex civil rights matters (under 42 USC § 1983) against governmental entities, authorities and individuals; wrongful death civil actions against private entities and state officials resulting from the transfer of a violent offender from one state to another; and egregious personal injury matters.
In a number of cases in which governmental authorities or actors were involved in causing injury or death, the firm advances federal civil rights claims as well as state/local statutory and common law claims.
Bode and Grenier obtained a $1.2 million pre-deposition settlement in a civil rights/wrongful death action against Virginia officials for the death of a juvenile mentally-deficient detainee at a state youth detention center.
www.bode.com /practice/civilrights.php   (555 words)

  
 German Genealogy - Gen210 - Mother Hubbard's Cupboard   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Civil registration records (Zivilstandregister or Personenstandregister) are an excellent source for accurate information on names and on dates and places of births, marriages, and deaths.
Civil death records often exist for individuals for whom there were no birth or marriage records.
Deaths were usually registered within a few day sof death in the town or city where the person died.
www.gaia.edu /genclass/210/gen210_5.htm   (1244 words)

  
 DQ Library: General
Civil cases are about liability, and whether or not the defendant can be judged negligent by a preponderance of the evidence, and therefore should pay the plaintiff compensation; no one goes to prison, only money changes hands.
To convince the civil jury of the merit of a wrongful death claim, the plaintiff must prove the defendant was both negligent, and that this negligence was a substantial factor in the death in question (sometimes called proximate cause rather than substantial factor).
Jurors routinely misapply the notion of double jeopardy for civil wrongful death claims (the notion you can't be charged for the same crime twice).
www.decisionquest.com /site/dqlib60.htm   (1095 words)

  
 Miami Florida Wrongful Death Lawyer | Wrongful Death Cases Settlements FL   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
A "wrongful death" occurs when a person is killed due to the negligence or misconduct of another individual, company or entity.
Because the primary measure of damages in a wrongful death action is pecuniary (financial) loss, the death of a child brings up difficulties in arriving at an adequate damage award.
If you believe the death of your loved one was caused by the negligence of another person, you may have a case for a wrongful death lawsuit.
www.wrongful-death-spatzerlaw.com   (927 words)

  
 Wrongful Death Faqs, Civil, Criminal, Injury, Car Accident, Wreck, Claims, Orlando, Kissimmee FL
In general terms, a wrongful death claim refers to a cause of action that may be brought by certain family members of a decedent whose death was precipitated by the wrongful conduct of another.
Yes, in addition to the wrongful death, a decedent's family may recover damages for the pain and suffering that the decedent endured prior to death.
Given that wrongful death claims and survival actions generally involve a variety of complex legal issues, the first step is to consult an attorney.
www.attorneystrialgroup.com /wrongful_death_faqs.html   (822 words)

  
 Cheshire County Council: Registering a Death   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
You have to register a death in the district where the death occurred.
The main example is civil marriage, which can now take place in a wide range of suitable venues and on any day.
A Civil Funeral Ceremony is a ceremony that reflects the wishes of the family and is focused on celebrating the life of the deceased.
www.cheshire.gov.uk /register/death.htm   (700 words)

  
 Gay partner's wrongful death suit OK'd | New York | Civil Union / Marital Rights | Transgender Crossroads
Second, a Connecticut court refused to divorce a civil union couple in a case that was pending before the state Supreme Court when the petitioner died.
In a third case, three civil union couples in Indiana are asking the state to recognize their status and/or allow them to marry under Indiana law.
Civil union couples argue that the Constitution's Full Faith and Credit Clause, which mandates that all states respect the public acts, records and judgments of sister states, requires other states to recognize the rights of a civil union outside of Vermont.
www.tgcrossroads.org /news?AID=658&IID=&type=News   (533 words)

  
 Directeur de l'état civil->Death   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Declaration of death is mandatory under the Civil Code of Québec.
It is needed to prepare the act of death and enter it in the register of civil status.
Since some organizations sometimes require you to show a certificate of birth, marriage (or civil union, as the case may be) and death, it would be better to apply for a copy of an act of death, which mentions all acts concerning the deceased.
www.etatcivil.gouv.qc.ca /ENGLISH/Death.htm   (514 words)

  
 Death Records at the Maryland State Archives
Because of this law, the main source of death or burial records for the colonial period is church records.
Also, not every Marylander was associated with a church, and therefore the deaths and burials in his or her family may never have been recorded at all.
These death records give the name, sex, race, age, marital status, birthplace, and occupation of the deceased; the date, place, and cause of death; names and birthplaces of parents; name of spouse, if any; names of attending physician and informant; and the date and place of burial.
www.mdarchives.state.md.us /msa/refserv/html/deathhis.html   (1687 words)

  
 American Civil Liberties Union : Death Penalty
The death penalty is the ultimate denial of civil liberties.
The project priorities include challenging racial economic and geographic discrimination in the application of the death penalty, building the case for an exemption of the death penalty to the mentally ill, improving the quality of counsel, and protecting the innocent.
The ACLU represents Richard Taylor, a schizophrenic, psychotic and delusional death row inmate, in his direct appeal to the Tennessee Criminal Court of Appeals.
www.aclu.org /DeathPenalty/DeathPenaltyMain.cfm   (703 words)

  
 Connecticut Department of Public Health - State Office of Vital Records
The vital records registrar in each town is responsible for maintaining a registry of all births, marriages, civil unions, deaths and fetal deaths that occur within its town.
The Vital Records Office at the Connecticut Department of Public Health maintains a statewide registry of all births, marriages, civil unions, deaths and fetal deaths which have occurred in CT since July 1, 1897.
The information provided to the Office of Vital Records is analyzed each year and a vital statistics report (Registration Report) is published on a variety of birth and death statistics.
www.dph.state.ct.us /PB/HISR/Vital_Records.htm   (310 words)

  
 Civil - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Look up Civil in Wiktionary, the free dictionary
The word Civil is derived from the Latin word civilis, from civis ("citizen").
Used as an adjective, it may describe several fields, concepts, and people:
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Civil   (97 words)

  
 "Civil" Defined
It is used in contradistinction to barbarous or savage, to indicate a state of society reduced to order and regular government; thus we speak of civil life, civil society, civil government and civil liberty.
It is sometimes used in contradistinction to criminal to indicate the private rights and remedies of men, as members of the community, in contrast to those which are public and relate to the government; thus we speak of civil process and criminal process, civil jurisdiction and criminal jurisdiction.
It is also used in contradistinction to military or ecclesiastical, to natural or foreign; thus we speak of a civil station, as opposed to a military or ecclesiastical station; a civil death as opposed to a natural death; a civil war as opposed to a foreign war.
www.lectlaw.com /def/c234.htm   (159 words)

  
 Boy's death stirred civil rights storm
Wright participated in a service for the reinterment of the body of the boy with whom Wright, then 12, was sharing a bed in the Mississippi home of Wright's father 50 years ago.
The eulogy delivered at the reinterment -- Emmett's remains had been exhumed as part of the reopened investigation of his murder -- was by Wheeler Parker, a barber and minister in nearby Argo, Ill. The night of Aug. 28, 1955, Parker, then 16, also was sleeping in the Wright home.
But the trial was the first event to turn the gaze of American journalism to the causes of the coming civil rights storm.
seattlepi.nwsource.com /opinion/228977_will19.html   (708 words)

  
 California Civil Rights Lawyers - San Francisco Discrimination Attorneys
Civil liberties are personal, natural rights, guaranteed and protected by the Constitution.
Civil Rights is that body of law, which deals with natural liberties, and more particularly, the invasion of those liberties - and the equal rights of others.
Following the Civil War, and more recently in 1957 and 1964, federal statutes were enacted intended to implement and give further force to the basic personal rights guaranteed by the United States Constitution.
www.scarlettlawgroup.com /civil_rights.php4   (450 words)

  
 Irish Birth Death, and Marriage Certificates   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Civil registration of all births, marriages and deaths in Ireland became mandatory in 1864.
The civil records are all indexed by year.
Their web site is at www.genfindit.com Through them, you can order, on line, copies of civil birth, death, and marriage records.
www.ginnisw.com /irish3.htm   (208 words)

  
 Wrongful Death - Attorney, Attorneys, Lawyer, Lawyers, Law, Laws, Litigation, Lawsuit - FindLaw for the Public
A suit for wrongful death may only be brought by the personal representative of the decedent's estate.
Actions for personal injury, conscious pain and suffering, or expenses incurred prior to the decedent's death are also brought by the personal representative.
Most laws provide that the damages awarded for a wrongful death shall be fair and just compensation for the pecuniary injuries that resulted from the decedent's death.
injury.findlaw.com /personal-injury/personal-injury-a-z/wrongful-death.html   (438 words)

  
 Vermont Department of Health Vital Statistics and Vital Records   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Although a physician is responsible for filing the death certificate, the job may be, and often is, delegated to the funeral director.
Most of the information needed to complete the death certificate is obtained from the family of the deceased.
Reports of fetal death and induced termination of pregnancy (abortion) are sent directly to the Health Department by the physician, hospital, or clinic that performs the procedure.
www.healthyvermonters.info /hs/vital/vitalhome.shtml   (739 words)

  
 spiritual.ca - civil   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Civil service sector marks 10th year of PS21 movement
SINGAPORE : The civil service marks the 10th year of its PS21 movement with a message from its new chief - a mindset change to tackle Singapore's challenges with multi-agency responses.
statement by one of the main civil society organisations, the Independent Committee for Election Monitoring.
spiritual.ca /civil/reference/search   (289 words)

  
 BUBL LINK: Death
Its activities focus on prisoners: seeking the release of prisoners of conscience, working for fair and prompt trials for all political prisoners and opposing the death penalty and torture of prisoners.
Cot death charity which aims to prevent unexpected infant death and promote infant health by raising funds for research, supporting families whose babies have died and disseminating information about cot death and infant care among professionals and the public.
Celebrities' birthdays are remembered, and information is provided about their date of birth, status, and either their age at time of death or their current age if still living.
bubl.ac.uk /link/d/death.htm   (921 words)

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