putative marriage

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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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Origin of putative marriage

First recorded in 1805–15

Meanwhile, in Florida, Bush was flooded with questions about whether gay marriage could possibly come to the Sunshine State.
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So, Islamized teaching sends girls back home for marriage and housework, and remains exclusively for boys.
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To those who agreed with him, Bush pledged that the law against same-sex marriage would remain intact.
Jeb Bush’s Unseen Anti-Gay Marriage Emails|Jackie Kucinich|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Bush busy engaging constituents on both sides of the same-sex marriage debate ahead of the 2004 presidential election.
Jeb Bush’s Unseen Anti-Gay Marriage Emails|Jackie Kucinich|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST

Gay marriage was the hot-button fight on the left and right.
Jeb Bush’s Unseen Anti-Gay Marriage Emails|Jackie Kucinich|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Do you want the marriage of your daughter with the rich and Honourable Harry broken?
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke
After her marriage to Eugène Manet she came under the influence of his famous brother, Édouard.
Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D.|Clara Erskine Clement
It had come into the family through the marriage of a former earl with the heiress of the great Chudleigh family.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
Seven o'clock was the hour fixed for the marriage: it would be twilight then, and dinner over.
Elster's Folly|Mrs. Henry Wood
The mode of procession was a little out of the common order of such affairs; but so was the marriage.
Elster's Folly|Mrs. Henry Wood