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com·mon-law (k

n-lô

)

adj.

1. Of, relating to, or based on common law.

2. Of or relating to a common-law marriage.

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Adj.

common-law - based on common law; "a common-law right"

unwritten - based on custom rather than documentation; "an unwritten law"; "rites...so ancient that they well might have had their unwritten origins in Aurignacian times"- J.L.T.C.Spence

Translations

common-law [ˈkɒmənˌlɔː] ADJ [marriage] → consensual; [spouse] → en unión consensual

common-law [ˈkɒmənˌlɔː] adj common-law wife → convivente f more uxorio

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