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单词 common-law marriages
释义

common-law marriage

noun

1
: a marriage recognized in some jurisdictions and based on the parties' agreement to consider themselves married and sometimes also on their cohabitation
2
: the cohabitation of a couple even when it does not constitute a legal marriage

Word History

First Known Use

1842, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Legal Definition

common-law marriage

noun

: a marriage that is without a ceremony and is based on the parties' agreement to consider themselves married and usually also on their cohabitation for a period and their public recognition of the marriage compare concubinage

Note: Most jurisdictions no longer allow this type of marriage to be formed, although they may recognize such marriages formed prior to a certain date or formed in a jurisdiction that does permit common-law marriages.

common-law marriages

noun

plural of common-law marriage
as in mixed marriages

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • mixed marriages
  • civil unions
  • domestic partnerships
  • miscegenations
  • cohabitations
  • bigamies
  • remarriages
  • polygamies
  • intermarriages
  • polyandries
  • relationships
  • monogamies
  • polygynies
  • wedlocks
  • commitments
  • matrimonies
  • proposals
  • attachments
  • conjugalities
  • promises
  • marriages
  • betrothals
  • hands
  • espousals
  • engagements
  • pledges
  • connubialities
  • troths
  • matches

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • divorces
  • separations
  • annulments
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