common-law_marriage (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the expression *common-law marriage*:
NOUN	state	common-law marriage	a marriage relationship created by agreement and cohabitation rather than by ceremony

English > *common-law marriage*: 1 sense > noun 1, state
Meaning	A marriage relationship created by agreement and cohabitation rather than by ceremony.
Category	law, jurisprudence	The collection of rules imposed by authority
Broader	marriage, matrimony, union, spousal relationship, wedlock	The state of being a married couple voluntarily joined / joined for life (or until divorce)
Spanish	unión consensual

HyperDic: common-law_marriage