common-law marriage
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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
He married four times, always to dancers, and lived with a fifth in a common-law marriage.
From New York Times • Oct. 31, 2022
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
The "common-law" marriage, by the way, is not, so far as I can determine, the English common law, nor ever was.
From Popular Law-making by Stimson, Frederic Jesup
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
