tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15602189.post2844167089934842139..comments2023-09-21T16:17:51.838+05:30Comments on Law and Other Things: Beyond marriage?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09348738084817273397noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15602189.post-12680705705551489562008-01-20T23:35:00.000+05:302008-01-20T23:35:00.000+05:30It would be interesting to bear in mind the concep...It would be interesting to bear in mind the concept of "common-law wife" in this regard. I am reproducing Black's Law Dictionary.<BR/><BR/>common-law wife. 1. The wife in a common-law marriage; a woman who contracts an informal marriage with a man and then holds herself out to the community as being married to him. See common-law marriage under MARRIAGE (1). 2. Archaic. Loosely, a concubineAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com