common-law marriage
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Balandina and Vasyliv are a longtime couple with two children who had already had a common-law marriage before Monday’s civil ceremony at the Lviv Surgery Center.
From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 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
Knight, a confederate army deserter, was in a common-law marriage with a former slave.
From The Guardian • Dec. 29, 2015
When they broke up, she sued and won a divorce settlement under Alabama’s common-law marriage statutes.
From New York Times • Apr. 26, 2013
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.
