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• Common Law Wife — For the interpersonal status, see Common law marriage. Common Law Wife is a song by the funk band Parliament. Recorded in 1972, it was released as a bonus track on the 2003 reissue of the album Chocolate City. The song s lyrics discuss a… …   Wikipedia

• law — / lȯ/ n [Old English lagu, of Scandinavian origin] 1: a rule of conduct or action prescribed or formally recognized as binding or enforced by a controlling authority: as a: a command or provision enacted by a legislature see also statute 1 b:… …   Law dictionary

• wife — index consort, spouse Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• common-law wife — wife which is recognized legally and publicly although a marriage never took place …   English contemporary dictionary

• common-law wife — A woman who was party to a common law marriage; or one who, having lived with a man in a relation of concubinage during his life, asserts a claim, after his death, to have been his wife according to the requirements of the common law …   Black's law dictionary

• common law wife — A woman who was party to a common law marriage; or one who, having lived with a man in a relation of concubinage during his life, asserts a claim, after his death, to have been his wife according to the requirements of the common law …   Black's law dictionary

• common-law wife — A woman who was party to a common law marriage; or one who, having lived with a man in a relation of concubinage during his life, asserts a claim, after his death, to have been his wife according to the requirements of the common law …   Black's law dictionary

• common law wife — A woman who was party to a common law marriage; or one who, having lived with a man in a relation of concubinage during his life, asserts a claim, after his death, to have been his wife according to the requirements of the common law …   Black's law dictionary

• common law wife/husband — ➡ common law * * * …   Universalium

• wife —   Wahine.   Also: wahine male, pilialo, hānau kama, kahi.   Fig.: lei, hulilau.     His wife, kāna wahine.     To take as a wife, ho owahine.     Wife of a chief, haku wahine.     Wife other than your own, ali i wahine (polite term).     Common… …   English-Hawaiian dictionary

• wife — Synonyms and related words: better half, bride, common law wife, concubine, consort, dowager, feme, feme covert, goodwife, goody, helpmate, helpmeet, lady, married woman, mate, matron, old lady, old woman, other half, rib, spouse, squaw, wedded… …   Moby Thesaurus