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Meanings of common-law marriage in English

Russian
фактические брачные отношения
Spanish
common law marriage

Type of marriage with no formal ceremony.

        фактические брачные отношения
        Usage of common-law marriage in English
        1
        He claims there was a common-law marriage and he'll get the coin.
        The Auction Block
        2
        This is exactly our common-law marriage as it exists in various States today.
        Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8
        3
        I took up with him at once the matter of Zoe's common-law marriage.
        Children of the Market Place
        4
        Douglas thought that the real question was the common-law marriage.
        Children of the Market Place
        5
        I thought if I lived with my partner the law treated it like a common-law marriage.
        The Guardian
        6
        He'd entered into common-law marriage with an Indian woman and they'd raised children and grandchildren and made their surname Bonecutter.
        The marrowbone marble company
        7
        Here they lived in a common-law marriage relationship for many years, and two children (one of them Libby) were born to them.
        Pathology of Lying, Accusation, and Swindling: A Study in Forens...
        8
        No less indicative is it of a new world that the allowance laws of all the western belligerents recognize common-law marriages.
        Mobilizing Woman-Power