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Definitions

common-law marriage

NOUN

cohabitation without legal document

Synonyms

WEAK

Example Sentences

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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

If you like good food, civil unrest, high art, common-law marriage, beautiful architecture and endemic corruption: bienvenue!

From The Guardian • Jun. 30, 2017

Mrs. Fox jokes that if common-law marriage were recognized in New York, she would have been the common-law wife of a good friend, Nate, who lived at the house from 2005 until 2013.

From New York Times • Apr. 9, 2015

I took up with him at once the matter of Zoe's common-law marriage.

From Children of the Market Place by Masters, Edgar Lee