consensual community
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From 323 U.S. 44 - Commissioner v. Harmon · 1944Most cited · 110 citing opinions
Communities are of two sorts,—consensual and legal. A consensual community arises out of contract. It does not significantly differ in origin or nature from such a status as was in question in Lucas v. Earl, where by contract future income of the spouses was to vest in them as joint tenants.