common-law marriage

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

Common-law marriage is a response to invasion of privacy by the government.

Common-law marriage is an act of protest against a corrupt system of religious marriage and divorce in Israel.

I made her sign a common-law marriage with me, had it witnessed, and told her if she squealed I'd produce it and claim her.

The common people seldom marry except, as we would term it, by the common-law marriage.

"That idea of a common-law marriage was clever," Groll said musing.

This is exactly our common-law marriage as it exists in various States today.

Common law marriage is valid and the legal age for a girl is fourteen years.