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  • Common-Law Marriage

    Common-Law Marriage

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Common-law marriage Meaning of Common-law marriage A marriage based upon agreement by which the parties agree per verba de presenti to become husband and wife, followed by sexual consummation. To […]

  • Common_law Marriage

    Common_law marriage in Law EnforcementMain Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of common_law marriage.ResourcesSee AlsoLaw Enforcement Officer Police Officer Law Enforcement Agency Further Reading […]

  • Marriage

    Legal Definition of Marianismo Meaning of Marianismo The Spanish and Latin American ideal of women being modest, restrained, virtuous, and nurturing. Women are expected to be sexually abstinent before marriage and passive in response to their […]

  • Common Law

    Common law in Law Enforcement Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of common law. Grammar This term is a noun. Etimology of Common Law (You may find common law at the world legal encyclopedia and the […]

  • Private Law

    Private law in Law EnforcementMain Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of private law.ResourcesSee AlsoLaw Enforcement Officer Police Law Enforcement Agency Further Reading private law in A Dictionary of […]

  • Ecclesiastical Law

    The law of the church . In England, the lay or secular courts were separated from the ecclesiastical courts after the Conquest and the latter were invested with the sole jurisdiction over ecclesiastical causes, which included the subject of marriage and divorce . In modern times, […]

  • Ecclesiastical Law

    The law of the church . In England, the lay or secular courts were separated from the ecclesiastical courts after the Conquest and the latter were invested with the sole jurisdiction over ecclesiastical causes, which included the subject of marriage and divorce . In modern times, […]

  • Common

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Common Meaning of Common Belonging to the community at large ; of frequent or ordinary occurrence or appearance ; characteristic of the lower classes; public , general , familiar, usual and ordinary. […]

  • Conflict Of Laws

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Conflict of laws Meaning of Conflict of laws A contrariety or opposition in the laws of states in those cases where, from their relations to each other, or to the subject-matter in dispute, the rights of the […]

  • Conflict Of Laws

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Conflict of laws Meaning of Conflict of laws A contrariety or opposition in the laws of states in those cases where, from their relations to each other, or to the subject-matter in dispute, the rights of the […]

  • De Facto Marriage

    The relationship between two people who live together in a couple relationship who are not registered as married to each other. In practice, a de facto marriage exists between a couple of opposite sex when the two people are usual residents in the same household and their relationship is […]

  • Arranged Marriage

    A marriage partner selection process in which the future bride and groom usually do not participate actively in the decision. Marriages are commonly arranged by parents or their agents when the marriages are seen as principally uniting two families rather than just husband and wife. There is […]

  • Cohabit

    Living together as man and wife. Matter of Marriage of Walter, 557 P.2d 57, 27 Or.App. 721. With respect to common law marriage, encompasses many factors necessarily involved when man and woman dwell together as man and wife, including eating together, sharing household duties, payment […]

  • Cohabitation

    Legal Definition of Cohabitation Meaning of Cohabitation Living together when unmarried. Synonyms of Cohabitation (Living together), noun abiding together act of dwelling together […]

  • Marital Status

    Resources Legal English Vocabulary: Marital Status in Spanish Online translation of the English legal term marital status into Spanish: estado civil (English to Spanish translation) . More about legal dictionary from english to spanish online. Related to the Legal Thesaurus