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My mistake - looks like it's no longer true. It DID apply in Scotland (as "marriage by cohabitation with habit and repute" - 'common law marriage' is a much ea
by semanticist 16y ago
My mistake - looks like it's no longer true.
It DID apply in Scotland (as "marriage by cohabitation with habit and repute" - 'common law marriage' is a much easier term to remember) until 2006. I had reason to check on it in 2004 and hadn't realised it had changed.