putative marriage

American  

noun

Law.

1. 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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Etymology

Origin of putative marriage

First recorded in 1805–15

Example Sentences

McKinsey’s putative marriage to Trillian produced its first awkward moments when its chief executive, Bianca Goodson, showed up angry at the consultancy’s Sandton headquarters on a January evening in 2016.

From New York Times