•A cohabitation, a voluntary arrangement in which two persons (of different or same sex) live together in a marriage-like relationship without being legally married.
cohabitation (intimate relationship) · cohabitation (cooperation between opposing parties) · copulation (the coming together of male and female in sexual intercourse)
çekim: çoğul vətəndaş nikahları · tamlayan vətəndaş nikahının
köken: Calque of Russian гражда́нский бра́к (graždánskij brák), literally "civil marriage". Note that the definition below does not include the English sense civil marriage.
concubinage · common-law marriage; a relationship that is not officially registered by the government, from which the partners can nevertheless derive certain legal rights