common-law marriage

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But soon after, Ambar said, officers learned that the couple were in a registered common-law marriage and that he was her daughter’s stepfather.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 20, 2023

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

Mrs. Fox jokes that if common-law marriage were recognized in New York, she would have been the common-law wife of a good friend, Nate, who lived at the house from 2005 until 2013.

From New York Times • Apr. 9, 2015

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

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