common-law marriage
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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
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
If you like good food, civil unrest, high art, common-law marriage, beautiful architecture and endemic corruption: bienvenue!
From The Guardian • Jun. 30, 2017
This was just enough time to run down to the courthouse for a civil ceremony, which formalized what was already a common-law marriage.
From Slate • Feb. 5, 2013
Illinois follows New York in abolishing the common-law marriage, and raises the age to eighteen in a woman and twenty-one in a man.
From Popular Law-making by Stimson, Frederic Jesup
