common law

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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2026:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
common law n (legal system: custom)de hecho loc adv
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2026:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
common-law n as adj (marriage, partner: informal) (esposo, esposa, pareja)de derecho consuetudinario loc adj
  (equivalente)de hecho, en unión libre loc adj
Note: Ley matrimonial de países anglosajones.
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2026:

Compound Forms:
common-law | common law
InglésEspañol
common-law husband n (man in informal marriage)esposo de derecho consuetudinario nm + loc adj
  (equivalente)esposo en unión libre nm + loc adj
Note: Ley matrimonial de países anglosajones.
common-law marriage n (partnership: not formalized)unión de derecho consuetudinario nf + loc adj
  (equivalente)unión de hecho nf + loc adj
  (equivalente)unión libre nf + adj mf
Note: Ley matrimonial de países anglosajones.
 When a common-law marriage exists, the spouses receive the same legal treatment given to legally married couples.
common-law wife n (woman in informal marriage)esposa de derecho consuetudinario nf + loc adj
  (equivalente)esposa en unión libre nf + loc adj
Note: Ley matrimonial de países anglosajones.
 John had more than one common-law wife, though he was never married.
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'common law' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
In the English description:
chancery court - concubinage
Spanish:
derecho común - costumbre - acompañado - amasiato - concubinato - pareja de hecho - unido de hecho - unión de hecho - unión libre


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