common-law marriage
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And if people think common-law marriage is a good alternative, think again.
From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2024
No, because the federal government does not recognize common-law marriage either.
From Slate • Jul. 27, 2022
Knight, a confederate army deserter, was in a common-law marriage with a former slave.
From The Guardian • Dec. 29, 2015
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
Illinois follows New York in abolishing the common-law marriage, and raises the age to eighteen in a woman and twenty-one in a man.
From Popular Law-making by Stimson, Frederic Jesup
