Some parts of the US still have a concept called "common-law marriage"[1]. Most of the west seems to have abolished it by the 1700s, but there have been a few j

Some parts of the US still have a concept called "common-law marriage"[1]. Most of the west seems to have abolished it by the 1700s, but there have been a few jurisdictions that are stragglers. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common-law_marriage_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common-law_marriage_in_the_Uni...