• Common-law marriage, also known as non-ceremonial marriage, sui iuris marriage, informal marriage, de facto marriage, more uxorio or marriage by habit...
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  • Common-law marriage, also known as sui juris marriage, informal marriage, marriage by habit and repute, or marriage in fact is a form of irregular marriage...
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    Marriage law is the body of legal specifications and requirements and other laws that regulate the initiation, continuation, and validity of marriages...
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    Common law (also known as judicial precedent, judge-made law, or case law) is the body of law created by judges and similar quasi-judicial tribunals by...
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    legal systems, a marriage may be annulled if it has not been consummated. Consummation is also relevant in the case of a common-law marriage. The historical...
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    children arising from the marriage. No country legally condones group marriages, neither under the law nor as a common law marriage, but historically it has...
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  • granted by statute or common law, notwithstanding that the marriage itself is void. Void marriages are distinct from those marriages that can be canceled...
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  • underage marriages. Marriage laws have changed considerably over time, including the removal of bans on interracial marriage and same-sex marriage. In 2009...
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  • jurisdictions, common-law marriages and marriage by cohabitation and representation are also recognized. These do not require a marriage license. There...
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  • A marry-your-rapist law, marry-the-rapist law, or rape-marriage law is a rule of rape law in a jurisdiction under which a man who commits rape, sexual...
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    obtaining a marriage license or having a formal marriage ceremony. Not all jurisdictions recognize common law marriage, and there are no common law jurisdictions...
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    each state and territory, either by statute or where the common law applies. The general marriage age (lacking authorization for an exception) is 18 years...
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  • Parties in a common-law marriage are entitled to all rights, privileges and responsibilities of a legal and binding marriage. Common-law marriages have been...
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    recognized. However, marriages performed abroad or remotely via videoconference must be registered by the government. Matrimonial law is based on the millet...
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    This article summarizes the same-sex marriage laws of states in the United States. Via the case Obergefell v. Hodges on June 26, 2015, the Supreme Court...
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  • De facto (redirect from De facto law)
    relationship between common law traditions and formal (statutory, regulatory, civil) law, and common-law marriages. Common law norms for settling disputes...
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    Christianity and Sophia. Lind, Göran (2008-09-04), "Informal Marriages in Canon Law", Common Law Marriage (1 ed.), Oxford University PressNew York, pp. 89–130...
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  • was to amend and codify the law relating to marriage among Hindus and others. Besides amending and codifying Sastrik Law, it also included separation...
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  • together for an extended period of time but are not legally entitled to common-law marriage may be entitled to legal protection in the form of a domestic partnership...
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  • important role in it. Common law may also refer to: Common-law marriage Jus commune, a type of broad, underlying law The Common Law (Holmes), an 1881 book by...
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  • and Marriages" or similar, and marriage certificates are issued by these agencies. Under Federal law, a certificate is issued at the time of marriage by...
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  • A cousin marriage is a marriage where the spouses are cousins (i.e. people with common grandparents or people who share other fairly recent ancestors)...
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  • the law requires that both parties to a marriage be physically present: proxy weddings are not recognized as legally binding. Under the English common law...
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  • Act." Same-sex marriage in Manitoba Same-sex marriage in Canada Marriage à la façon du pays Same-sex common-law marriage "Family Law in Manitoba – 2005...
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    valid under the laws of the jurisdiction where the marriage occurred, and is void ab initio. Although the marriage is void as a matter of law, in some jurisdictions...
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  • Cohabitation (category Criticism of marriage)
    become increasingly common in Western countries since the late 20th century, led by changing social views, especially regarding marriage. More broadly, the...
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    each have separate marriage laws, which must adhere to rulings by the Supreme Court of the United States that recognize marriage as a fundamental right...
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  • such as a preexistent marriage on the part of one of the partners. Unlike someone in a common-law, statutory, or ceremonial marriage, a putative spouse is...
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    forms of both civil and religious marriage. Marriage laws have historically evolved separately from marriage laws in other jurisdictions in the United...
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    authority to register marriages not conducted by a religious official. Many European countries had institutions similar to common-law marriage. However, the Catholic...
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