common law

Less canonically, “natural marriage” is also at times used as a rough synonym for “common-law marriage.”

Single-parent, same-sex, and common-law families barely penetrated public consciousness, much less the Hebrew lexicon.

Common-law partnerships have their own independent authority and validity.

Common-law partnership makes the couple, and not the government or religious institution, the authority in family life.

Common-law partnership offers privacy and autonomy in a world of increasing intrusion and regulation.

The common law forms much the largest part of the great body of law under which we live.

Common law means the decisions made by the state and federal courts.

The common law is therefore always slowly changing like the ocean and is never at rest.

Again, common law decisions are not binding on the courts that make them like statutes or legislative commands.

The transfers of property covered by the act are those which the common law regards as fraudulent.