Solemnize
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
To solemnize, spoken of a marriage, means no more than to enter into a marriage contract, with due publication, before third persons, for the purpose of giving it notoriety and certainty; which may be before any persons, relatives, friends or strangers, competent to testify to the facts.
See Dyer v. Brannock, 66 Mo. 410, 27 Am. Rep. 359; Pearson v. Howey, 11 N. J. Law, 19; Bowman v. Bowman, 24 III. App. 172.