| 单词 | common-law marriage | 
| 释义 | > as lemmascommon-law marriage   Frequently hyphenated. Designating a partner in a marriage recognized in some jurisdictions as valid under common law, though not brought about by a civil or ecclesiastical ceremony; (more generally) designating a partner in a long-term cohabiting relationship. Also: designating a marriage or relationship of this type. Frequently in  common-law husband,  common-law marriage,  common-law wife. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > a marriage > 			[noun]		 > common-law common-law marriage1842 society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > a marriage > 			[noun]		 > common-law > female partner common-law wife1874 1842    Morning Post 16 Mar. 6/5  				The question resolved itself into this, whether the common law marriage in this country was a good one. 1874    Chicago Tribune 16 June 3/4  				The woman is the common-law wife of this fellow Mahoney. 1905    Daily Times-Tribune 		(Waterloo, Iowa)	 17 Dec. 16/1  				A good many of the men are showing indecision in making in making a final choice of a common law spouse. 1948    A. C. Kinsey et al.  Sexual Behavior Human Male xxiii. 682  				Persons who have lived openly as man and wife for a full year in a common law relationship are treated as married persons. 1972    Daily Mail 9 May 6/1  				A man who comes to the house two or three nights in a week..is not the same as a common law husband. 2002    Out Oct. 48/1  				In Australia, Canada, Hungary, and New Zealand, same-sex and different-sex couples who live together more than a year or two or three slide into common-law marriage, with all sorts of legal consequences. < as lemmas | 
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