Common law marriage may be briefly described as a marriage without formal solemnization or without formalities such as a marriage license or ceremony. Although mere cohabitation is insufficient to establish a common-law marriage,...
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common law marriage
Common law marriage is a marriage without formal solemnization or without formalities such as a marriage license or ceremony. Although mere cohabitation is insufficient to establish a common-law marriage, cohabitation is generally required as an...
common property
Common property refers to property owned by more than one entity. Because of this shared ownership, an individual party’s degree of control over common property is less than it would be if they owned that property alone. Common property is...
community property
Community property refers to assets acquired during a marriage by either spouse. These assets can include property, income and even debt. Not all states recognize community property. In a “community property” state (such as California), any...
community property with right of survivorship
Community property with the right of survivorship is an agreement where, after the death of a spouse, ownership of the property that is jointly owned by both spouses automatically passes to the other spouse. The property or asset therefore...
comparable rectitude
Comparable rectitude was a doctrine in divorce law where courts would evaluate the comparative fault of each spouse. Under the harsher doctrine of recrimination, a spouse who was accused of conduct constituting grounds for divorce could, as a...
condonation
Condonation is commonly a defense argument made by a person (complainant), who had previously either forgiven or ignored an act about which he/she is now legally complaining. The law governing condonation may vary state to state, but...
conjugal rights
Conjugal rights refer to the mutual rights and privileges between two individuals arising from the state of being married. These rights include mutual rights of companionship, support, comfort, sexual relations, affection, joint property...
connivance
Connivance most commonly refers to a defense in divorce law in which a spouse accused of adultery, or another form of sexual misconduct, asserts that the other spouse consented to the adultery. The modern availability of no-fault divorce has...
consanguinity
Consanguinity is an old-fashioned term distinguishing relatives by blood from relatives by affinity. Consanguinity refers to the blood relationship between people from some common ancestor; thus, sharing the blood of some common ancestor....