common law marriage
11common-law marriage — A marriage entered into without ceremony, the parties assuming the relationship of husband and wife inter se by agreement in words of the present tense to be husband and wife, followed, as required in some, but not all jurisdictions, by… …
12Common-law marriage in the United States — was affirmed by the United States Supreme Court in Meister v. Moore (96 U.S. 76 (1877)), which ruled that Michigan had not abolished common law marriage merely by producing a statute establishing rules for the solemnization of marriages. Common… …
13common-law marriage — noun A marriage based on the duration of cohabitation rather than formal ceremony. See Also: common law, common law …
14common–law — adj 1: of, relating to, or based on the common law common law immunity 2: relating to or based on a common law marriage her common law husband Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webste …
15common-law marriage — com′mon law mar′riage n. law a marriage without a civil or ecclesiastical ceremony, usu. based on a couple s living together continuously as husband and wife • Etymology: 1905–10 …
16common-law marriage — One not solemnized in the ordinary way (i.e. non ceremonial) but created by an agreement to marry, followed by cohabitation. A consummated agreement to marry, between persons legally capable of making marriage contract, per verba de praesenti,… …
17common-law marriage — One not solemnized in the ordinary way (i.e. non ceremonial) but created by an agreement to marry, followed by cohabitation. A consummated agreement to marry, between persons legally capable of making marriage contract, per verba de praesenti,… …
18common-law marriage — noun Date: 1888 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… …
19common law marriage — n. marriage that is not formed through a religious or civil ceremony but is acknowledged and based on the agreement of the couple to consider themselves married and based also on their living together as husband and wife …
20marriage, common law — n. A union between a man and a woman who have not been married by ceremony but who have agreed to live together as husband and wife and have assumed marital duties. A majority of states in the United States do not now recognize common law… …
