| 单词 | domestic partnership |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdomestic partnership domestic partnership n. a situation in which two (or more) people live together, (now) spec. a situation (esp. if officially recognized) in which two people cohabit as though married; cf. domestic partner n. at Additions. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > [noun] > together > outside marriage cohabitation1548 domestic partnership1845 shacking1884 shack-up1935 1845 M. Fuller Woman in 19th Cent. 62 The scholar and poet, especially, could expect nothing but misery and obstruction in a domestic partnership with woman. 1894 Jrnl. Royal Statist. Soc. 57 280 The predominant member of the domestic partnership was a certain old woman, generally the mother, not, as I have heard is the case in this country, of the wife, but of the husband. 1976 H. J. Folberg & W. P. Buren in Willamette Law Jrnl. 12 480 Domestic partnership, as a proposed legal theory, is based..upon the proposition that in today's society people increasingly choose familial relationships other than traditional marriage. 1993 Chicago Tribune 16 Apr. i. 2/1 Qualification for domestic partnership registration is more rigorous: Applicants must present a signed and notarized affidavit that they are over 18, unmarried and have been living together continuously in a ‘close and committed personal relationship’. < as lemmas |
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