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

He married four times, always to dancers, and lived with a fifth in a common-law marriage.

From New York Times • Oct. 31, 2022

Murray said the bad blood is rooted in a common-law marriage between his sister and Sottile’s brother.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 12, 2017

Knight, a confederate army deserter, was in a common-law marriage with a former slave.

From The Guardian • Dec. 29, 2015

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