Definition of Common-law Marriage in English :

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Common-law Marriage meaning in English

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Common-law Marriage

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Noun

1. common-law marriage

a marriage relationship created by agreement and cohabitation rather than by ceremony

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Common-law Marriage

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noun
a marriage deemed to exist after a couple have cohabited for several years

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Common-law Marriage

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Law
a marriage not solemnized by religious or civil ceremony but effected by agreement to live together as husband and wife and, usually, by the fact of such cohabitation

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Common-law Marriage

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n.
A form of marriage, available in some jurisdictions, that may be established by meeting certain legal requirements such as declaring the intent to be regarded as married and cohabiting, rather than as a result of obtaining an official license.

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