Not until 1989 was a domestic partnership law adopted in the city of San Francisco.
Norway became the second country to do so, after Denmark, which implemented a registered partnership law in 1989.
California has a domestic partnership law that guarantees many of the rights of marriage.
We have now decided not to take forward further amendments of limited partnership law at this stage.
Thereafter partnership law again became an active political subject in Estonia.
Several other large cities are considering domestic partnership laws.
The registered partnership law was approved by 68.8 percent of those who voted and thus went into effect on 1 September 2011.
Under partnership law, by a 2-1 vote of the general partners, the new agreement was thus ratified.
English company and partnership law are well-known examples of the former.