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What does common-law mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word common-law? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. Of or pertaining to common law.
  2. Relating to common-law marriage.
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Letters of reference or work certificates from present and past employers for you and your spouse or common-law partner.
His common-law marriage broke up in 2000 when his wife picked up an old cocaine habit.
One in six Canadian children lives in a single-parent household, and many are being raised in step families or by common-law couples.
If your spouse or common-law partner is included in this request, he or she must sign in the box provided.
You were convicted by a jury in 1984 of murder of your common-law wife and sentenced to life imprisonment, with the tariff set at 12 years.
Her common-law husband, Manuel Ortega, had decided to pay her a visit at the family home in Guatemala.

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