Concubinage
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States · John Bouvier · 1839
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
This term has two different significations; sometimes it means a species of marriage which took place among the ancients, and which is yet in use in some countries. In this country it means the carnal connexion between a man and a woman unmarried.
Vide 1 Bro. Civ. Law, 80; Merl. Rép. h. t.