Sentence examples similar to common law arrangements from inspiring English sources
Earlier this year, for instance, Guernsey added foundations (the civil-law equivalent of trusts, which are common-law arrangements) to its stable of offerings.
All told 1,158,410 couples live in common-law arrangements throughout Canada, according to the 2001 census, which found 34,200 self-identified same-sex couples.
Common-law arrangements represent 14percentt of all households in Canada, according to the 2001 census, considerably more than the figure for unmarried households in the United States, which the census of 2000 put at 9.1percentt.
Marriage rates in Canada have been on the decline since the 1960s, while common-law arrangements—"living in sin," as Nan still calls it are on the up.
Common law system dummy variable.
For example, legal approaches that are natural in a common law system may appear odd in a civil law system or Islamic law system.
I don't like this common law marriage arrangement anymore – it makes me feel you don't want to truly commit to me.
Before then, marriage was a contractual arrangement agreed upon by two individuals, upheld in the common law.
Common law impediments remained.
