Concubine
Defined in 7 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Burrill (1850)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
A woman who cohabits with a man as his wife without being married. When a single woman consents unlawfully to cohabit with a man generally, as though the marriage relation existed between them, without any limit as to the duration of such illicit intercourse, and actually commences cohabiting with him in pursuance of that understanding, she becomes his concubine. 124 111. 616,
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
A woman who cohabits with a man as his wife, without being married.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
(1) A woman who cohabito with a man to whom she is not married.
(2) A sort of inferior wife, among the Romans, upon whom the husband did not confer his rank or quality.
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
Awoman with whom a In the civil law. Awoman taken to the character of a wife, but without
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
(1) A woman who cohabits with a man to whom she is not married. (2) A sort of inferior wife, among the iomans, upon whom the husband did not confer his rank or quality.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
[Lat. concubina, from concumbere, to lie together.] A woman with whom a man cohabits without marriage, as distinguished from a lawful wife. Where a man had a bastard son, and afterwards married the mother, and by her had a legitimate son, the woman before marriage was called concubina, and afterwards mulier. Glanv. lib. 7, c. 1. 2 Bl. Com. 248.