Common-law marriage

Synonyms for "common-law marriage" (13 found)

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Closest matches (3)

Noun(2 words)
case-basedcommon-law relationship

Strong matches (4)

Noun(4 words)
customaryde factode facto marriageinformal

Related words (6)

Noun(3 words)
informal marriagejuridicalunwritten

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

8 entries
legal statuslegal termmarital statusmarriagematrimonyspousal relationshipunionwedlock

More specific

6 entries
case lawcohabitation based unioninformal marriageinformal unionprecedentunregistered marriage

Collocations

12 entries
common-law jurisdictioncommon-law partnercommon-law principlescommon-law relationshipcommon-law rightscommon-law spousedissolution processlegal statusmarital rightsproperty rightsrecognitionspousal rights

Inflections

3 entries
common-law marriagesmore common-lawmost common-law

Derivations

2 entries
common lawcommon-lawish

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