Concubinage
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
A species of loose or informal marriage which took place among the ancients, and which is yetin use in some countries.
See-CONCUBINATUS.
The act or practice of cohabiting, in sexual commerce, without the authority of law ora iegal marriage. An exception against a woman suing for dower, on the ground that she was the concubine, and not the wife, of the man of