civil status état civil n. m.
Déf. :
Faits essentiels relatifs à la situation d'une personne dans la société par rapport aux autres membres de la collectivité tels qu'ils apparaissent aux registres officiels.

Note :
Situation de célibataire ou de personne mariée.

[Office de la langue française, 1985]

Civil status documents
The Ambassador is abilitated as civil status officer. The consulate holds the civil status books. It registers civil status certificates on your behalf or on the behalf of your family. It can issue copies, extracts, records and certificates. If the certificate has been registered by a Jordanian authority, the consulate can transcribe it for you and issue copies and extracts of this transcription.

http://www.ambafrance.org.jo/formalities.htm

obtaining a marriage licence
You can make arrangements for obtaining a marriage licence with the Senior Officer of the Civil Status Office (see further information for address) but allow at least two months to process the documentation and to make the necessary arrangements.
http://www.confetti.co.uk/travel/destinations/seychelles.asp

in Québec, where I live,
Where a birth, marriage or death having occurred in Quebec is not attested or declared or is attested or declared inaccurately or late, the registrar of civil status makes a summary investigation, draws up the act of civil status on the basis of the information he obtains and inserts the act in the register of civil status.
from the Québec Civil Code
http://www.lexum.umontreal.ca/ccq/en/l1/t3/c4/s4/par2/0130a0...

regards

Paola L M