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🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

사실혼

Pronunciation / Transliteration: sasilhon

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Common-law marriage/ˈkɒm.ən.lɔː ˈmær.ɪdʒ/
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"두 사람은 오랜 동거 끝에 사실혼 관계로 인정받았다."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A legally recognized marriage between two people who live together and present themselves as a married couple, without having participated in a formal ceremony or obtained a marriage license.

    "After living together for over a decade and sharing finances, they qualified for a common-law marriage under state law."
  2. 2

    A union of a man and woman by mutual agreement without formal solemnization, recognized in various jurisdictions.

    "The court examined whether their extended cohabitation constituted a valid common-law marriage."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from English legal history, combining 'common law' (the body of unwritten law founded on legal precedents originating in England) and 'marriage' (from Old French marier, ultimately from Latin maritus). Historically, it referred to a valid marriage formed by mutual consent and cohabitation without a formal civil or religious ceremony, recognized in specific jurisdictions.

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🇫🇷French → English

union de fait

Transliteration: ynjɔ̃ də fɛ

"Leur union de fait est reconnue par la législation provinciale."

🇩🇪German → English

nichteheliche Lebensgemeinschaft

Transliteration: ˈnɪçtˌʔeːhəlɪçə ˈleːbənsɡəˌmaɪnʃaft

"Eine nichteheliche Lebensgemeinschaft hat andere rechtliche Rahmenbedingungen als eine Ehe."

🇮🇹Italian → English

matrimonio di fatto

Transliteration: matriˈmɔːjo di ˈfatto

"La legge tutela in parte anche il matrimonio di fatto."

🇪🇸Spanish → English

matrimonio de hecho

Transliteration: matɾiˈmo.njo de ˈe.tʃo

"Se registraron formalmente como matrimonio de hecho para obtener beneficios."

🇵🇹Portuguese → English

união estável

Transliteration: uˈni.wɐ̃ esˈta.vew

"Eles vivem em união estável há mais de cinco anos."

🇮🇳Hindi → English

सह,निवास विवाह

Transliteration: sah-nivas vivah

Script: सह-निवास विवाह

"कुछ देशों में सह-निवास विवाह को कानूनी मान्यता प्राप्त है।"

🇨🇳Chinese → English

事实婚姻

Transliteration: shìshí hūnyīn

"他们在法律上被认定为事实婚姻。"

🇰🇷Korean → English

사실혼

Transliteration: sasilhon

"두 사람은 오랜 동거 끝에 사실혼 관계로 인정받았다."

🇯🇵Japanese → English

事実婚

Transliteration: jijitsukon

"日本では法的な婚姻届を出さずに事実婚を選ぶカップルが増えています。"

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