common-law marriage — A union of two people not formalized in the customary manner as prescribed by law but created by an agreement to marry followed by cohabitation. Dictionary from West s Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. common law marriage … Law dictionary
common–law marriage — n: a marriage that is without a ceremony and is based on the parties agreement to consider themselves married and usu. also on their cohabitation for a period and their public recognition of the marriage compare concubinage ◇ Most jurisdictions… … Law dictionary
common-law marriage — [käm′ən lô′] n. Law a marriage not solemnized by religious or civil ceremony but effected by agreement to live together as husband and wife and, usually, by the fact of such cohabitation … English World dictionary
Common-law marriage — Family law Entering into marria … Wikipedia
Common-law marriage — Mariage en common law Un mariage en common law est une forme de mariage que l on rencontre dans certains pays anglo saxons. Parfois appelé « mariage de facto », il consiste en un mariage informel, résultant du concubinage et de sa… … Wikipédia en Français
Common law marriage — Mariage en common law Un mariage en common law est une forme de mariage que l on rencontre dans certains pays anglo saxons. Parfois appelé « mariage de facto », il consiste en un mariage informel, résultant du concubinage et de sa… … Wikipédia en Français
common-law marriage — a marriage without a civil or ecclesiastical ceremony, generally resulting from an agreement to marry followed by the couple s living together as husband and wife. [1905 10] * * * Marriage that is without a civil or religious ceremony and is… … Universalium
common-law marriage — noun a marriage relationship created by agreement and cohabitation rather than by ceremony • Topics: ↑law, ↑jurisprudence • Hypernyms: ↑marriage, ↑matrimony, ↑union, ↑spousal relationship, ↑wedlock * * … Useful english dictionary
Common-law marriage — El Common law marriage (Matrimonio de Derecho consuetudinario) (también llamado en inglés common law marriage, informal marriage o marriage by habit and repute) es una forma de estatus interpersonal, en algunos países anglosajones, en el que un… … Wikipedia Español
common-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… … Ballentine's law dictionary
