Legal Definition and Related Resources of Concubine
Meaning of Concubine
A woman living in concubinage , i.e., one who cohabits with a man without being married to him.
Concubine Alternative Definition
A woman who cohabits with a man as his wife without being married. When a single woman consents unlawfully to cohabit with a man generally, as though the marriage relation existed between them, without any limit as to the duration of such illicit intercourse, and actually commences cohabiting with him in pursuance of that understanding, she becomes his concubine. 124 111. 616,
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This term is a noun.
Etimology of Concubine
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c. 1300, from Latin concubina (fem.), from concumbere “to lie with, to lie together, to cohabit,” from com “with, together” (see com-) + cubare “to lie down” (see cubicle). Recognized by law among polygamous peoples as “a secondary wife.”
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