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From: julian@deepthot.UUCP (Julian Davies)
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Subject: Re: Discrimination, gay marriages
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Date: Tue, 17-Apr-84 12:56:49 EST
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Doubtless some lawyer will correct me, but my assumption would be that
'common law' marriages don't exist in the States.  I thought that
the USA specifically did away with the whole british approach to law.
In UK law, there is a distinction between 'common law' and Statute
law.  The former is essentialy whatever is defined by long custom, or
more exactly by precedent.  I suspect though that the term "common
law marriage' is a bit of an oxymoron.  Can anyone clarify?
		Julian Davies		uwo!julian