Concubinage

Defined in 8 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850), Bouvier (1839)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

A species of marriage which took place among the ancients, and which is yet in use in some countries. See "Concubinatus." The act or practice of cohabiting, in sexual commerce, without the authority of law or a legal marriage. See 1 Brown, Civ. Law, 80; Merlin, Repert.; Dig. 32. 49. 4; Id. 7. 1. 1; Code, 5. 27. 12.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

Continuous and regular illicit intercourse. See 124 111. 607, 7 Am. St. Rep. 391, 17 N. E. 68.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

A species of marriage which took place among the anclei The act or practice of < in sexual commerce, without the authority of law or a legal marriage. See 1 Brown, Civ. Law SO; Merlin, lU'p.; Dig. 32. 49, i: 7. 1. 1; Code, 5. 27. 12. "Concubinage is the act upon the part of the woman of cohabiting with a man without ceremonial marriage, or consent and i good at common law." U. S. v. Bitty, 155 Fed. 938. See a definition in Stale v. Baldwin, 214 Mo. 290, 113 S. W. 1123. hiving together and having sexual relations as husband and wife; State v. Tucker. 72 Kan, 481, 84 Pac. 126. The words concubinage and prostitution have no Co: law meaning, but in their popular sense all cases of lewd intercourse; People v. Cummons, 50 Mich. 544, 23 N. W. 215. See Abduction; Prostitution; Procuration.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

A species of loose or Informal marriage which took placo among the ancients, and which is yet in use in some countries. See Concubinatus. The act or practice of cohabiting, in sexual commerce, without the authority of law or a legal marriage. Sinte v. Adams, 179 Mo. 334, 78 S. W. 588; State v. Overstreet, 43 Kan. 299, 23 Pac. 572; Henderson v. People, 124 111. 607, 17 N. E. 68, 7 Am. St. Rep. 391. An exception against a woman suing for dower, on the ground that she was the concubine, and not the wife, of the man of whose land she seeks to be endowed. Britt, c. 107.

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

George C. Kinney · 1893

The cohabitation of a is not married ', a plea or exception the claimant was not lawfully married sought to be endowed.

In the civil law. A sort of half or

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

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

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

\IM. concubinatus.] The cohabitation of a man with a woman to whom he is not united by marriage.* A plea or exception in the old action of dower, that the claimant was not lawfully married to the party from whose lands she sought to be endowed, but only his concubine.* Bract, fol. 302. Britt. c. 107.

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States

John Bouvier · 1839

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.