(law, Scotland, dated) A type of irregular marriage in where a couple living together for a long time period were regarded by their community as being married, even without a formal ceremony, granting
(law, Scotland, dated) A type of irregular marriage in where a couple living together for a long time period were regarded by their community as being married, even without a formal ceremony, granting them similar legal rights to formally married couples.
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(US, informal) cohabitation, civil union.
(obsolete, UK, dialect) To cohabit without marriage.
(rare, slang) To live together as man and wife; to marry; loosely, to have relations.
A somewhat dismissive informal US term for civil unions, domestic partnerships, or cohabitation arrangements that share some legal features of marriage without full marital status. The 'lite' suffix implies a reduced or lesser version. The term has been used both critically -- by those who see civil unions as inadequate substitutes -- and disparagingly by opponents of marriage equality. The term fell largely out of use after full marriage equality was achieved.