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Common-law marriage, also known as sui juris marriage, informal marriage, or marriage by habit and repute, is a legal framework in a limited number of jurisdictions where a couple is legally considered married, without that couple having formally registered their relation as a civil or religious marriage. The original concept of a "common-law marriage" is a marriage that is considered valid by both partners, but has not been formally recorded with a state or religious registry, or celebrated in a formal religious service. In effect, the act of the couple representing themselves to others as being married, and organizing their relation as if they were married, acts as the evidence that they are married. The term ''common-law marriage'' has wide informal use, often to denote relations which are ''not'' legally recognized as common law marriages. The term ''common-law marriage'' is often used colloquially or by the media to refer to cohabiting couples, regardless of any rights that these couples may have, which can create public confusion both in regard to the term and in regard to the rights of unmarried partners.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title="Common law marriage" and cohabitation - Commons Library Standard Note )〕 == Terminology, misuse of the term, and public misconceptions == The term Common Law marriage is often used incorrectly to describe various types of couple relationships, such cohabitation (whether or not registered), or other legally formalized relations. Although these interpersonal relationships are often called "common-law marriage" they differ from ''true'' common law marriage, in that they are not legally recognized as "marriages", but are a parallel interpersonal status, known in most jurisdictions as "domestic partnership", "registered partnership", "conjugal union", "civil union", etc. In Canada, for instance, while couples in "marriage-like relationships" may have many of the rights and responsibilities of a marriage (laws vary by province), couples in such partnerships are not legally considered married, although they may be legally defined as "unmarried spouses" and for many purposes (such as taxes, financial claims, etc.) they are treated as if they were married.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Family Law FAQ )〕 In recent years, the term ''common law marriage'' has gained increased use as a generic term for all unmarried couples – however this term has a narrow ''legal'' meaning (first of all one can only talk of "common law marriage" if such marriage was formed in a jurisdiction which actually applies the common law). Studies in the UK have shown that the population has a very poor understanding of the legal concept of common law marriage: a 2008 poll in the UK showed that 51% of respondents believed, ''incorrectly'', that cohabitants had the same rights as married couples.〔http://www.resolution.org.uk/news-list.asp?page_id=228&n_id=207〕 Non-marital relationship contracts are not necessarily recognized from one jurisdiction to another, and neither are ''de facto'' couples, whereas common-law marriages, being a legal marriage, are valid marriages worldwide (if the parties complied with the requirements to form a valid marriage while living in a jurisdiction that allows this form of marriage to be contracted). In the United States, common law marriage can be contracted in nine states and the District of Columbia. People in these true common-law marriages are considered ''legally married for all purposes and in all circumstances''. A couple with a common law marriage should ''not'' be confused with a couple which cohabits ''without'' holding themselves as married spouses. (see Common-law marriage in the United States). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Common-law marriage」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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