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consensual

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consensual (k[schwa]n-sen-shoo-[schwa]l), adj. 1. Having, expressing, or occurring with full consent (consensual relations). 2. Created or existing by mutual consent without formalities such as a written document or ceremony ( consensual marriage). — Also termed consentaneous; consentient.

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common law marriage

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A marriage that takes legal effect, without license or ceremony, when two people capable of marrying live together as husband and wife, intend to be married, and hold themselves out to others as a married couple. • The common-law marriage traces its roots to the English ecclesiastical courts, which until 1753 recognized a kind of

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Scotch marriage

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Scots law. A marriage by consensual contract, without the necessity of a formal ceremony. • Until 1940, Scots law retained the medieval canon-law forms of marriage per verba de praesenti and per verba de futuro subsequente copula. These promises constituted irregular but valid marriages. Scots law still retains the irregular marriage by cohabitation with habit

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incest

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incest, n. 1. Sexual relations between family members or close relatives, including children related by adoption. • Incest was not a crime under English common law but was punished as an ecclesiastical offense. Modern statutes make it a felony. “Although incest under both English and American law is a distinct crime, its commission may involve

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