Whenever the register, in any communication, document or writing intended for use outside the registry, identifies a husband and wife, he shall use the name of both husband and wife and shall not use a legal phrase as a substitute for either name.
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 36, § 32A
Identification of husbands and wives in documents and communications
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