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
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
When they broke up, she sued and won a divorce settlement under Alabama’s common-law marriage statutes.
From New York Times • Apr. 26, 2013
The common people seldom marry except, as we would term it, by the common-law marriage.
From A Woman's Impression of the Philippines by Fee, Mary Helen
