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Definitions

common-law marriage

NOUN

cohabitation without legal document

Synonyms

WEAK

Example Sentences

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Only eight states recognize common-law marriage, and California is not one of them.

From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2024

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

From The Guardian • Jun. 30, 2017

Lawmakers here are considering a bill that would dub the ukulele the official state instrument, a designation that seems in some ways like a formal ceremony for a common-law marriage.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 13, 2014

This was just enough time to run down to the courthouse for a civil ceremony, which formalized what was already a common-law marriage.

From Slate • Feb. 5, 2013

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