She became his common-law wife and they had two children together.

There's been no such thing as a common-law wife since the 18th century.

As his common-law wife, she has a right to a little protection.

Associates say he was single and did not have a common-law wife.

I had sense enough not to use my common-law wife for breeding.

His common-law wife was due to deliver their third child any day.

He never married, but maintained a relationship with a common-law wife.

Here he settled with his common-law wife and two sons.

Josephine was his common-law wife for the next 46 years.

He takes a psychiatric test on his common-law wife's advice.

A man burned his common-law wife's face with a cigarette during a fight.

Green provided for his common-law wife and children in his will.

First, there was the common-law wife and the child out of wedlock in December.

She cuts her hair short and later declares, "I'm going to be your common-law wife."

He acquired a common-law wife and had a son.

Another ancestor built his black common-law wife a house in Charleston, where she raised their eight children.

French men took African women as mistresses or common-law wives.

The only way I can pay is for my common-law wife to pay, and she just works part time at a nursing home.

"You are listed in Imperial records as his common-law wife.

Yombandje was also specifically cited for having a common-law wife.

They set the fire was set after the resident had a dispute with his common-law wife.

His common-law wife joined him two years later.

"Oh, I presume she is probably the common-law wife of the man who attacked you.

Karen verbally attacked John's common-law wife and ran out of the apartment.

When she married her husband at a church ceremony, he had already fathered a number of children by his common-law wives.