Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
unión libre
English translation:
unmarried couples living together
Added to glossary by
Margarita Palatnik (X)
Sep 6, 2004 05:56
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union libre
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con mayores porcentajes de jóvenes casados comparado con aquellos que optan por la unión libre
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unmarried couples living together
unmarried couples living together
(I made my answer invisible by mistake...)
Unmarried Couples Living Together
From the 'Lectric Law Library's stacks Unmarried Couples Living Together.
by Robin Leonard & Stephen Elias INTRODUCTION Cohabitation ...
www.lectlaw.com/files/fam14.htm
Personal Finance Issues for Unmarried Couples Living Together
... are here: About>Money>Financial Planning> Money By Age/Life Stage> Singles & Unmarried
Couples> Personal Finance Issues for Unmarried Couples Living Together. ...
financialplan.about.com/cs/ unmarriedcouples/a/SoHappyTogether.htm
Singles and Unmarried Couples and Money
... Personal Finance Issues for Unmarried Couples You may be unwed, but don't be
unwise. Read this advice for unmarried couples living together. ...
financialplan.about.com/od/singlesunmarriedcouples/
Toni Lynne Ihara: Living Together: A Legal Guide for Unmarried ...
Many books on Toni Lynne Ihara: Living Together: A Legal Guide for
Unmarried Couples (LIVING TOGETHER) are available. ...
www.argospress.com/Resources/ CommunicationsSystems/book-0873379772.htm
Fixed Fee Telephone Advice for Unmarried Couples Living Together
Fixed Fee Legal Advice and Representation for Road Traffic Offences.
www.lawontheweb.co.uk/livingtogetherfixedfeetel1.htm -
The Law on Living Together and Cohabititation
... It may not sound too romantic, but it is quite legitimate for unmarried couples
to enter into an agreement when they start living together to try and cover any ...
www.lawontheweb.co.uk/basics/cohabit.htm
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Chicago Tribune | Singles comprise growing share of market
... 11 percent of the houses, and unmarried couples accounted for 8 ... of home buyers--behind
married couples--and singles ... rise, "it was the essence of urban living. ...
www.chicagotribune.com/classified/ realestate/chi-0408200008aug20,0,847376.story
The Changing Nature of Male-Female Relationships
... the percentage of unmarried people living together continues to ... census figures, the
number of unmarried male-female ... in 2004 it represented 5.5 million couples. ...
www.theinternetcollege.org/1.htm
For Better or For Worse: Marriage and the Federal Income Tax
... Unmarried a, 1,530, 570, 550, 2,650. Percentage of Couples. Married, 54, 18, 29,
100. ... a. Unmarried couples are those living together and reporting as partners. ...
www.cbo.gov/showdoc.cfm?index=7&sequence=9
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Note added at 58 mins (2004-09-06 06:54:25 GMT)
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me olvidaba de decir que para configurar \"common law marriage\" que es una figura legal, la pareja tiene que vivir junta X número de años (muchos, muchos), y cumplir muchos otros requisitos....
Demystifying Common-Law Marriage
... Since the seven-years-to-automatic-marriage idea is only a myth, determining
whether a common law marriage existed can be complicated. ...
www.unmarried.org/common-law-marriage.html
Common Law Marriage FAQ - Nolo
... Contrary to popular belief, a common law marriage is not created when two
people simply live together for a certain number of years. ...
www.nolo.com/.../ObjectID/709FAEE4-ABEA-4E17-BA34836388313A... catID/697DBAFE-20FF-467A-9E9395985EE7E825
(I made my answer invisible by mistake...)
Unmarried Couples Living Together
From the 'Lectric Law Library's stacks Unmarried Couples Living Together.
by Robin Leonard & Stephen Elias INTRODUCTION Cohabitation ...
www.lectlaw.com/files/fam14.htm
Personal Finance Issues for Unmarried Couples Living Together
... are here: About>Money>Financial Planning> Money By Age/Life Stage> Singles & Unmarried
Couples> Personal Finance Issues for Unmarried Couples Living Together. ...
financialplan.about.com/cs/ unmarriedcouples/a/SoHappyTogether.htm
Singles and Unmarried Couples and Money
... Personal Finance Issues for Unmarried Couples You may be unwed, but don't be
unwise. Read this advice for unmarried couples living together. ...
financialplan.about.com/od/singlesunmarriedcouples/
Toni Lynne Ihara: Living Together: A Legal Guide for Unmarried ...
Many books on Toni Lynne Ihara: Living Together: A Legal Guide for
Unmarried Couples (LIVING TOGETHER) are available. ...
www.argospress.com/Resources/ CommunicationsSystems/book-0873379772.htm
Fixed Fee Telephone Advice for Unmarried Couples Living Together
Fixed Fee Legal Advice and Representation for Road Traffic Offences.
www.lawontheweb.co.uk/livingtogetherfixedfeetel1.htm -
The Law on Living Together and Cohabititation
... It may not sound too romantic, but it is quite legitimate for unmarried couples
to enter into an agreement when they start living together to try and cover any ...
www.lawontheweb.co.uk/basics/cohabit.htm
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Note added at 19 mins (2004-09-06 06:15:24 GMT)
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Chicago Tribune | Singles comprise growing share of market
... 11 percent of the houses, and unmarried couples accounted for 8 ... of home buyers--behind
married couples--and singles ... rise, "it was the essence of urban living. ...
www.chicagotribune.com/classified/ realestate/chi-0408200008aug20,0,847376.story
The Changing Nature of Male-Female Relationships
... the percentage of unmarried people living together continues to ... census figures, the
number of unmarried male-female ... in 2004 it represented 5.5 million couples. ...
www.theinternetcollege.org/1.htm
For Better or For Worse: Marriage and the Federal Income Tax
... Unmarried a, 1,530, 570, 550, 2,650. Percentage of Couples. Married, 54, 18, 29,
100. ... a. Unmarried couples are those living together and reporting as partners. ...
www.cbo.gov/showdoc.cfm?index=7&sequence=9
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Note added at 58 mins (2004-09-06 06:54:25 GMT)
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me olvidaba de decir que para configurar \"common law marriage\" que es una figura legal, la pareja tiene que vivir junta X número de años (muchos, muchos), y cumplir muchos otros requisitos....
Demystifying Common-Law Marriage
... Since the seven-years-to-automatic-marriage idea is only a myth, determining
whether a common law marriage existed can be complicated. ...
www.unmarried.org/common-law-marriage.html
Common Law Marriage FAQ - Nolo
... Contrary to popular belief, a common law marriage is not created when two
people simply live together for a certain number of years. ...
www.nolo.com/.../ObjectID/709FAEE4-ABEA-4E17-BA34836388313A... catID/697DBAFE-20FF-467A-9E9395985EE7E825
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Terence Ajbro
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living together
I do not know of an English noun for this. Must be sign that I am over forty.
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You would have to add here \"who are just living together\".
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You would have to add here \"who are just living together\".
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Margarita Palatnik (X)
: Terence, I just made my answer "invisible" by mistake, so I re-posted it. You may post your commenta again if you want...
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common law marriage
No estoy muy seguro, pero puede ser.
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Terence Ajbro
: this may be the legal term for it, but it does not have the same vernacular ring to it as "union libre". In common speech people say "living together"
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You are right, Terence. Context is fundamental.
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Margarita Palatnik (X)
: this is not a legal context, and unión libre is not necessarily the same thing as common-law marriage, not if the cohabitation lasts less than 7 or 10 years, for example
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Michele Fauble
: legally not the same
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Herman Vilella
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common-law marriage
The strict legal term in Common Law systems (also known as "case-law" systems) .... which means in virtualy the whole English-speaking world.
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Margarita Palatnik (X)
: this is not a legal context, and unión libre is not necessarily the same thing as common-law marriage, not if the cohabitation lasts less than 7 or 10 years, for example
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Michele Fauble
: legally not the same
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Fernando Alvarez Garcia
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unmarried life
I think this it what sounds best
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Timothy Barton
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living in sin
Así lo diría mi abuela ;-)
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Michele Fauble
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a domestic partnership
domestic partnership
Domestic Partners are defined as two individuals who, together, each meet all of the following criteria set forth in the Domestic Partner Affidavit, UWS-50:
1. Are 18 years of age or older.
2. Are competent to enter into a contract.
3. Are not legally married to, nor the domestic partner of, any other person.
4. Are not related by marriage.
5. Are not related by blood closer than permitted under marriage laws of the State of Wisconsin.
6. Have entered into the domestic partner relationship voluntarily, willingly, and without reservation.
7. Have entered into a relationship which is the functional equivalent of a marriage, and which includes all of the following:
a. living together as a couple;
b. mutual support of each other;
c. mutual caring and commitment to each other;
d. mutual fidelity;
e. mutual responsibility for each other's welfare; and
f. joint responsibility for the necessities in life.
8. Have been living together as a couple for at least six (6) months prior to registration with the Subscriber's employer.
9. Intend to continue the domestic partner relationship indefinitely, while understanding that the relationship is terminable at the will of either partner.
www.uwlax.edu/hr/Domestic Partnership.htm
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Of course you could just translate it as \" ...who choose to live together without getting married\". That\'s how it is commonly put.
Domestic Partners are defined as two individuals who, together, each meet all of the following criteria set forth in the Domestic Partner Affidavit, UWS-50:
1. Are 18 years of age or older.
2. Are competent to enter into a contract.
3. Are not legally married to, nor the domestic partner of, any other person.
4. Are not related by marriage.
5. Are not related by blood closer than permitted under marriage laws of the State of Wisconsin.
6. Have entered into the domestic partner relationship voluntarily, willingly, and without reservation.
7. Have entered into a relationship which is the functional equivalent of a marriage, and which includes all of the following:
a. living together as a couple;
b. mutual support of each other;
c. mutual caring and commitment to each other;
d. mutual fidelity;
e. mutual responsibility for each other's welfare; and
f. joint responsibility for the necessities in life.
8. Have been living together as a couple for at least six (6) months prior to registration with the Subscriber's employer.
9. Intend to continue the domestic partner relationship indefinitely, while understanding that the relationship is terminable at the will of either partner.
www.uwlax.edu/hr/Domestic Partnership.htm
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Of course you could just translate it as \" ...who choose to live together without getting married\". That\'s how it is commonly put.
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translatol
: I agree with both 'domestic partnership' as a quasi-legal term and with 'living together without getting married' in more everyday language.
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Ernesto de Lara
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concubinage
Practice of living together without being legally married
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Michele Fauble
: The term is not normally used in modern day English.
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Mijo Schyllert
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de facto relationship
an alternative, denoting couples who live together as if they were married but are not legally so. I think the best alternative for this question depends on the tone of the rest of the text - if it's lighthearted, then something like 'just living together' is probably better, otherwise de facto or something more formal like that would fit.
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also, perhaps they are not talking about living together either, perhaps the text refers to couples who just \'go out\' with each other, without living together or formalising their relationship in other ways. In which case the answer could be \'opt for a less formal relationship\' or \'opt for a free relationship\' (although the last one has other connotations...)
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also, perhaps they are not talking about living together either, perhaps the text refers to couples who just \'go out\' with each other, without living together or formalising their relationship in other ways. In which case the answer could be \'opt for a less formal relationship\' or \'opt for a free relationship\' (although the last one has other connotations...)
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