The law position of the son born from concubines is lower than the son born from wives in the Canon of inheritance, the choice of marriage except distributing property.

庶子的法律地位，除了在析分家产方面，其他如荫袭制度、婚姻的选择等，其地位低于嫡子。

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The bill is set to specifically exclude the Church of England and Church in Wales to avoid a clash between Canon Law - which defines marriage as that between a man and a woman - and UK civil law.

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