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register office

n
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) Brit a government office where civil marriages are performed and births, marriages, and deaths are recorded. Often called: registry office
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'I haven't got anything of the kind belonging to me,' rejoined the cobbler, shaking his head; 'and if you want to meet with a good one, I'm afraid you'll find some difficulty in suiting yourself at this register office.'
'Egad!' said Nicholas, 'I'll try that Register Office again.'
M2 EQUITYBITES-July 11, 2019-Arctic Paper's management resolves to adopt change of register office
(WSE:ATC) (STO:ARP), a producer of offset, graphical, uncoated and wood-free paper, announced on Wednesday that the company's management board has implemented the resolution of the General Shareholders Meeting, adopted in May 2019, regarding the change of the register office of the company, and has adopted a resolution to change the address.
Global Banking News-July 11, 2019-Arctic Paper's management resolves to adopt change of register office
Usually, you must register a birth with the Registrar of Births and Deaths at the register office in the district where the baby was born.

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