common-law marriage

common-law marriage
noun
a marriage relationship created by agreement and cohabitation rather than by ceremony
• Topics: ↑law, ↑jurisprudence
• Hypernyms: ↑marriage, ↑matrimony, ↑union, ↑spousal relationship, ↑wedlock

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noun
: an agreement now not recognized in many jurisdictions as a legal marriage between a man and a woman to enter into the marriage relation without ecclesiastical or civil ceremony that in many jurisdictions must be followed by cohabitation to be legally valid and is provable by the writings, declarations, or conduct of the parties

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a marriage without a civil or ecclesiastical ceremony, generally resulting from an agreement to marry followed by the couple's living together as husband and wife.
[1905-10]

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common-law marriage noun
1. In England, any of various informal types of marriage ceremony given legal recognition until 1753, some of which, if performed abroad, are still legally valid
2. Loosely, the bond between a man (common-law husband) and woman (common-law wife) living together as husband and wife but not legally married
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Main Entry: ↑common

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common-law marriage,
the relationship between a couple who call themselves man and wife, but have not been married by a civil or religious ceremony. Common-law marriage is recognized in some states and not in others.

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