common-law marriage
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Many people wrongly believe co-habiting couples have automatic legal and inheritance rights under "common-law marriage", says Alastair Sinclair, family lawyer at Setfords.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
But soon after, Ambar said, officers learned that the couple were in a registered common-law marriage and that he was her daughter’s stepfather.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2023
No, because the federal government does not recognize common-law marriage either.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2022
Murray said the bad blood is rooted in a common-law marriage between his sister and Sottile’s brother.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 12, 2017
This condition is what prompted Marcus Aurelius to recognize as legal the common-law marriage and say if a couple called themselves husband and wife, they were.
From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 by Elbert Hubbard
