Getting a license counts as marriage. A marriage certificate is a legal couple in the legal sense, which means that the marriage relationship between the two parties is legally recognized and protected, and there will be relevant records in the personal file, it is not bigamy, and divorce also needs to go through divorce procedures.
First, the license counts as marriage
Different from the meaning of holding a wedding, getting a license is the real meaning of marriage. Go through
Marriage registration
Second, the difference between obtaining a license and holding a wedding
1. Different social significance
Getting a license is a matter of two people, and the information is very small, only their close family and friends know.
Holding a wedding has a large scope and is a ceremony to tell relatives and friends that they have been married. The first couple to have a wedding is a real couple in the eyes of friends and family.
2. Different legal meanings
The licensed parties belong to a legal husband and wife in the legal sense and are protected by law.
Holding a wedding is only a ceremony, in the legal level does not belong to the real husband and wife relationship.
3. Different status
After obtaining the license, the marriage column of the household register will be changed to "married", and the personal file record is also married status.
Hold a wedding, the information on the household register will not change, and it is still unmarried without a license.