Cohabitation Definition

noun

The act of a man and a woman, unmarried to each other, publicly living together in an intimate relationship as if husband and wife. Although a crime in most states, it is seldom prosecuted. Where illegal, it is also called illicit cohabitation, lascivious cohabitation, and notorious cohabitation. See also fornication, bigamy, civil union, and marriage.

Webster's New World Law
An emotional and physical intimate relationship which includes a common living place and which exists without legal or religious sanction.
Wiktionary
The act of living together.
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A place where two or more individuals reside together.

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(biology) The act of two species living together in the same habitat.

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Other Word Forms of Cohabitation

Noun

Singular:
cohabitation
Plural:
cohabitations

Origin of Cohabitation

  • From French cohabitation, from Latin cohabitationem.

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Cohabitation Sentence Examples

  • Many adult partners choose to live together (cohabitation) on a long-term basis rather than marry.

  • The union of a male and female slave had not the legal character of a marriage; it was a cohabitation (contubernium) merely, which was tolerated, and might be terminated at will, by the master; a slave was, therefore, not capable of the crime of adultery.

  • Alimony reform calls for payment terms to cease immediately upon the recipient's re-marriage or cohabitation with a new partner lasting at least three months.

  • A stepfamily is formed by the marriage or long-term cohabitation of two individuals, when one or both have at least one child from a previous relationship living part-time or full-time in the household.

  • If then they so wished, the temporary marriage could be made permanent; if not, they could go their several ways without reproach, the child, if any, being supported by the party who objected to further cohabitation.

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