putative marriage
Law (originally Ecclesiastical Law )
noun
A marriage which though legally invalid was contracted in good faith by at least one of the parties.
- A putative marriage may have some of the legal consequences of marriage, such as the legitimacy of children..
Origin
Early 16th century; earliest use found in Acts of Parliament of Scotland.
- reflationary
- reflationist
- reflect
- reflectance
- reflectant
- reflected glory
- reflectedly
- reflectent
- reflecter
- reflectibility
- reflectible
- reflecting circle
- reflecting glass
- reflecting telescope
- reflection
- reflectional
- reflection coefficient
- reflection factor
- reflectioning
- reflectionist
- reflectionless
- reflection nebula
- reflection oscillator
- reflection profiling
- reflection shooting