Common-law wife
Defined in 1 dictionary — Black's (1910)
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A woman who was party to a "common-law marriage," as above defined; ot one who, having lived with a man in. a relation of concubinage during his life, asserts a claim, after his death, to have been his wife according to the requirements of the common law. In re Brush, 25 App. Div. 610, 49 N. Y. Supp. 803.
Defined under Common Law in Black's Law Dictionary.