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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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The investigation led to a mobile home inhabited by a man named Jack Wiley, who had recently moved to Alabama with his common-law wife, Glenna Faye Cavender.
Jim Smith abducted his common-law wife and their son from a distant state.
The remaining two are Emily, a young girl who has been abused by men, and Stark, a gunfighter who is seeking revenge for the vicious murder of his common-law wife by a man who has sought refuge in Japan.
 
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