putative marriage
noun Law.
a marriage contracted in violation of an impediment, but in good faith on the part of one or both of the contracting persons.
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Nearby words
- put-up job,
- put-upon,
- putamen,
- putangitangi,
- putative,
- putatively,
- putin,
- putin, vladimir,
- putlog,
- putnam
Origin of putative marriage
First recorded in 1805–15
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019