Definitions
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- noun A person who
cohabits with another
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Examples
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The Social Services Correspondent of The Times (of London, which Americans will describe erroneously as The London Times) has attempted to introduce cohabitee, which is ugly as well as irregularly formed.
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Berger said Murphy argued that the definition of marriage in the fund's rules differentiated between male/female cohabitee relationships and same-sex cohabitee relationships, and discriminated against the latter.
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The issue in the following case is whether a former same-sex cohabitee who helped raise a child born through artificial insemination has standing as a de facto parent to seek visitation rights under the New York statute.
Law In The Health and Human Services Donald T. Dickson 1995
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Coetsee urging that regulations be drafted to make it possible for a "spouse cohabitee" to have immediate access to a magistrate at any time of day and night in urgent cases.
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Yet the Court of Appeal ruled that because Mr Kernott had once been a cohabitee of Ms
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Decisions from the courts were eagerly anticipated on how the new law would be interpreted and, more specifically, on what these decisions would mean in real terms for a cohabitant seeking a financial award from their former cohabitee.
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An argument based on premise (i) would apply equally to anyone who had lived with the deceased in a committed relationship for many years and had been to some extent dependent on the deceased's income (eg a cohabitee of either sex; an unmarried sister who had acted as housekeeper; a resident carer, whether related or not; or a disabled child).
Anglican Mainstream Chris Sugden 2010
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Essex, Leonard Kernott, successfully sued his ex-cohabitee for half the value of her home, worth £245,000 (€293,000).
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Cathcon had cause to visit a priest near Linz a few years ago and found himself sitting around a table with cohabitee and some "adopted" children.
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The dwelling is still included in the division if only one cohabitee is on the contract, as long as joint usage is provable.
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