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Definitions

common-law marriage

NOUN

cohabitation without legal document

Synonyms

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Example Sentences

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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

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

This condition is what prompted Marcus Aurelius to recognize as legal the common-law marriage and say if a couple called themselves husband and wife, they were.

From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 by Hubbard, Elbert