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common-law marriage
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common-law marriage: see under husband and wife husband and wife, the legal aspects of the married state (for the sociological aspects, see marriage ).

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common-law marriage

Marriage that is without a civil or religious ceremony and is based on the parties' agreement to consider themselves married and usually also on their cohabitation for a period of time. Most jurisdictions no longer allow this type of marriage to be formed, though they may recognize such marriages formed before a certain date or formed in a jurisdiction that permits such marriages.
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Her family said she was accompanied by her common-law spouse, Chris Manchester, who refused to comment on the case when contacted by the Timmins Daily Press.
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Travel Insured International's policy language with regard to nontraveling life partners specifically limits coverage to "a legal spouse or a common-law spouse where legal," according to representative Suzette Agostinho.
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For example, in Chile there is no divorce, and often a man who no longer lives with his wife, and is now in a new common-law relationship, will name both the wife and the common-law spouse as beneficiaries for different percentages of the benefit, instead of buying two policies.
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