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common-law marriages

common-law marriages is the plural of common-law marriage.

Meaning of common-law marriage

Noun

common-law marriage (countable and uncountable, plural common-law marriages)

  1. 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.

Questions about common-law marriages

What is common-law marriages the plural of?
Common-law marriages is the plural of common-law marriage.

Words near common-law marriages in the dictionary

  1. Common-Civil-Calendar-and-Time Calendar
  2. common-ion effect
  3. common-ion effects
  4. common-law
  5. common-law marriage
  6. common-law marriages
  7. common-or-garden
  8. common-place
  9. common-placed
  10. common-places
  11. common-placing

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