common-law marriage
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No, because the federal government does not recognize common-law marriage either.
From Slate • Jul. 27, 2022
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
If you like good food, civil unrest, high art, common-law marriage, beautiful architecture and endemic corruption: bienvenue!
From The Guardian • Jun. 30, 2017
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
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
