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Meaning of "common-law wife" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF COMMON-LAW WIFE

common-law wife  [ˌkɒmənlɔːˈwaɪf] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COMMON-LAW WIFE

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Common-Law wife is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES COMMON-LAW WIFE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Common-law marriage

Common-law marriage, and also known as sui juris marriage, informal marriage or marriage by habit and repute, is an irregular form of marriage that can be legally contracted in an extremely limited number of jurisdictions. The original concept of a common-law marriage is a marriage that is considered valid by both partners, but has not been formally registered with a state or church registry, or a formal religious service. In effect, the act of the couple representing themselves to others as being married acts as the evidence that they are married. In jurisdictions recognizing common-law marriages, such a marriage is not legally distinct from a traditional ceremonial marriage enacted through a civil or religious ceremony in terms of the couple's rights and obligations to one another. The term "common-law marriage" is sometimes also used as a synonym for legal agreements including domestic partnerships, reciprocal beneficiaries relationships and non-marital relationship contracts.

Definition of common-law wife in the English dictionary

The definition of common-law wife in the dictionary is a woman considered to be a man's wife after the couple have cohabited for several years.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH COMMON-LAW WIFE


alewife
ˈeɪlˌwaɪf
ex-wife
ˌeksˈwaɪf
farmwife
ˈfɑːmˌwaɪf
fishwife
ˈfɪʃˌwaɪf
goodwife
ˈɡʊdˌwaɪf
gudewife
ˌɡuːdˈwaɪf
housewife
ˈhaʊsˌwaɪf
kalewife
ˈkeɪlˌwaɪf
midwife
ˈmɪdˌwaɪf
oldwife
ˈəʊldˌwaɪf
seawife
ˈsiːˌwaɪf
superwife
ˈsuːpərˌwaɪf
sweetiewife
ˈswiːtɪˌwaɪf
wife
waɪf

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE COMMON-LAW WIFE

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common zebra
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common-law husband
common-law marriage
common-or-garden
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commonable
commonage
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WORDS THAT END LIKE COMMON-LAW WIFE

a dog´s life
all the world and his wife
come to life
Dutch wife
for dear life
huswife
knife
nightlife
quality of life
real life
real-life
Recife
spaewife
state-certified midwife
Stepford wife
take to wife
Tenerife
to the life
trophy wife
wildlife

Synonyms and antonyms of common-law wife in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «common-law wife» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF COMMON-LAW WIFE

Find out the translation of common-law wife to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of common-law wife from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «common-law wife» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

同居的妻子
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

concubina
570 millions of speakers

English

common-law wife
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

आम जी पत्नी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

زوجة القانون العام
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

гражданская жена
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

esposa da lei comum
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সাধারণ আইন স্ত্রী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

conjointe de fait
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Isteri undang-undang umum
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Lebensgefährtin
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

内縁の妻
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

사실혼 아내
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Istri umum-hukum
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vợ phổ biến pháp luật
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பொதுவான சட்டம் மனைவி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सामान्य वयात पत्नी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Eşcinsel eş
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

convivente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

common -law żona
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

цивільна дружина
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Soția de drept comun
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

την σύζυγό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

houvrou
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sambo
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

felles-loven kone
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of common-law wife

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «COMMON-LAW WIFE»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «COMMON-LAW WIFE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about common-law wife

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QUOTES WITH «COMMON-LAW WIFE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word common-law wife.
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Duane Chapman
I'm marrying my common-law wife, Beth, the Christian way, with a preacher and all that.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COMMON-LAW WIFE»

Discover the use of common-law wife in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to common-law wife and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Family Law: Keyed to Courses Using Wadlington and O'Brien's ...
Mrs. Crosson (P) immediately sued for divorce, contending that she was his common-law wife and that Mr. Crosson (D) had committed adultery and bigamy. The trial court dismissed the complaint, concluding that Mrs. Crosson (P) had failed to ...
Casenotes, Aspen Publishers, 2008
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Common Law Marriage and Its Development in the United States
And the Supreme Court of New York in discussing the term "common-law wife," which is generally applied (although incorrect) by lawyers as well as laymen to the wife of a man by a common-law marriage, says : "The term 'common law wife' is ...
Otto Erwin Koegel, 1922
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A Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage
See pleading (c), equity PLEaDINGS & WORLD COURT PLEADINGS. common- law wife is a misnomer of sorts: "No such woman was known to the common law, but [the phrase] means a woman who is living with a man in the same household  ...
Bryan A. Garner, 2001
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Family Law: Cases, Materials, and Problems
... immediately sued for a divorce from the husband, contending that she was his common law wife, and that he had committed adultery, and bigamy, and that there was an irretrievable breakdown of the marriage. The first issue is whether the ...
Peter N. Swisher, H. Anthony Miller, Helene S. Shapo, 2012
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Ohio law bulletin
Dependent on in 3. Common Law Wife Common Law Husband Killed Course of Employment. Where a man and a woman agreed with each other to become husband and wife and thereafter a form of marriage ceremony was performed by  ...
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Ohio Law Bulletin
Barrett, alias Norris, the common law wife of F. X. Barrett?” At common law, no particular form of words or ceremony was necessary to contract a marriage; mutual assent by both parties to the relation of husband and wife was sufficient.
Jay Ford Laning, William John Tossell, 1904
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Family Law, Keyed to Weisberg and Appleton's
The testimony does not evidence an intent to solemnize a marriage. Jennings (P) thus is not the common-law wife of Hurt (D). ANALYSIS. A party cannot claim the existence of a common-law marriage where one of the parties is married to a ...
Casenotes, Casenote Legal Briefs, 2010
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The Family and Its Future
Miller: Does a common law wife exist legally in England and if she does, does she have any rights? Stone: There was never a 'common law wife' in English law. In this area the English and American views of the history of common law are ...
CIBA Foundation Symposium, 2009
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A Law Dictionary Containing Definitions of the Terms and ...
Common- law wife. A woman who was party to a "common-law marriage," as above defined; or one who, having lived with a man in a relation of concubinage during his life, asserts a claim, after his death, to have been his wife according to the ...
Henry Campbell Black, 1910
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A Critical Analysis of the Efficacy of Law as a Tool to ...
An interesting development in case law deals with the issue of the common-law wife. While the Cohabitational Relationships Act formally vests the right in a woman to make a claim for maintenance or with regard to a man's estate on his death, ...
Natalie Persadie, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COMMON-LAW WIFE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term common-law wife is used in the context of the following news items.
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Franks Eddy Chopping – Common-law Wife and Her Family Injured
He proceeded to chop his common-law wife, mother and father in law and a thirteen year old brother-in-law. The family managed to escape, but ... «channel5belize, Jul 15»
2
McPherson man sentenced to life for murder
In a statement to the court, Darlene Lawrence, common-law wife of Croft, said that she had lost her “friend, companion, lover, comfort and ... «Salina Journal, Jul 15»
3
Drug dealing couple put children at risk, says judge
His common-law wife Tammy Lynn Parent, 38, was sentenced to 15 months in jail, plus 18 months probation. The couple were found guilty of ... «Windsor Star, Jul 15»
4
Greedy drug dealer dodges extra jail time for benefit fraud
Murphy and common-law wife Alison Barclay dishonestly pocketed cash over three years while he ran the drug gangs. The trial judge has ... «Plymouth Herald, Jul 15»
5
Mrs Engels review: X marx the heart
Little is known about them apart from the fact that Mary was the common-law wife of Friedrich Engels, political theorist and friend and patron of ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
6
Man accused of fraud says he's victim
... Management and Westco Technologies Ltd., companies that were registered to Weeres' common-law wife and his son, then a teenager. «Regina Leader-Post, Jul 15»
7
Eifman and the LA Ballet, plus LA Phil closes the Disney season
... he became notoriously involved with an aspiring student/sculptor, Camille Claudel, while his long-suffering, common-law wife Rose, endured ... «LA Observed, Jun 15»
8
Man arrested for stabbing wife's 'boyfriend' to death
Last year, a middle-aged Mamelodi taxi driver, who injured his common-law wife and killed her lover when he burnt down the room in which ... «The Citizen, Jun 15»
9
Remembering Carlos Monzon's only fight at Madison Square Garden
But they all end the same way -- with Monzon's common-law wife, Alicia Muniz (mother of his son Maximiliano), lying facedown in a pool of ... «ESPN, Jun 15»
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Murder suspect among four held in Hindustan
The 29-year-old man of Peter Street, La Romaine was held along with his 31-year-old common-law wife, a 26-year-old San Juan man and ... «Trinidad Guardian, Jun 15»

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