common-law marriage
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common-law marriage
noun common-law marriages
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A state of marriage, or legal recognition similar to that of marriage, enjoyed by a couple who have not undergone an official marriage ceremony, but instead based on the duration of cohabitation or other practical characteristics of the relationship.
Similar: informal marriage, marriage by habit and repute, mop marriage
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noun a marriage based on the duration of cohabitation rather than formal ceremony
| Español | unión de hecho |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 사실혼 sasilhon |
| 日本語 | 事実婚 jijitsukon |
| 中文 | 普通法婚姻 pǔtōngfǎ hūnyīn, 事實婚姻 /事实婚姻 shìshí hūnyīn, 事實婚 /事实婚 shìshíhūn |
| Français | mariage de droit commun |
| Deutsch | eheähnliche Gemeinschaft, Ehe ohne Trauschein, Konsensehe, wilde Ehe |
| Русский | гражда́нский брак graždánskij brak, сожи́тельство sožítelʹstvo, факти́ческий брак faktíčeskij brak, незарегистри́рованный брак nezaregistrírovannyj brak, неформа́льный брак neformálʹnyj brak |
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title = {common-law marriage},
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