Usually means: Marriage without formal ceremony recognized.
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General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. common-law marriage: Merriam-Webster
  2. common-law marriage: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. common-law marriage, common-law marriage: Collins English Dictionary
  4. common-law marriage: Vocabulary.com
  5. common-law marriage: Wordnik
  6. common-law marriage: Wiktionary
  7. common-law marriage: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  8. common-law marriage: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. common-law marriage: Dictionary.com
  10. Common-law marriage: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. common-law marriage: Rhymezone
  12. common-law marriage: FreeDictionary.org
  13. common-law marriage: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. common-law marriage: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. common-law marriage: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. common-law marriage: Law.com Dictionary
  3. THE 'LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY'S REFERENCE ROOM (No longer online)
  4. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  5. Common-Law Marriage: Legal dictionary

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  1. common-law marriage: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (common-law marriage)

▸ noun:  A marriage based on the duration of cohabitation rather than formal ceremony.

Similar:
putative marriage, legal separation, common law, marriage of convenience, couverture, trial separation, quasi-contract, wedlease, coemption, marriage certificate, more...

Phrases:
Common-law marriage in the United States, more...

Adjectives:
spousal, marriageable, connubial, marital, nuptial, asking, matrimonial, wedded, wedlocked, remarried, married

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Similar:
putative marriage, legal separation, common law, marriage of convenience, couverture, trial separation, quasi-contract, wedlease, coemption, marriage certificate, more...

Phrases:
Common-law marriage in the United States, more...

Adjectives:
spousal, marriageable, connubial, marital, nuptial, asking, matrimonial, wedded, wedlocked, remarried, married



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