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- noun Plural form of
cohabitee .
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Examples
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You don't even get to join the queue for the Tory tax break if both you and your spouse go out to work, or if you are merely long-term cohabitees - however many children you may have.
Politics news, UK and world political comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk Sally Bercow 2010
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You don't even get to join the queue for the Tory tax break if both you and your spouse go out to work, or if you are merely long-term cohabitees - however many children you may have.
Life and style | guardian.co.uk Sally Bercow 2010
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"I am in favour of cohabitees having rights because of the injustice of the present situation," Wall, president of the family division, told the Times today.
Top judge wants fair shares for unmarried couples who break up 2011
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Rights for cohabitees were resisted in the past because opponents argued this would undermine marriage.
Cohabitation: living together is good for you. Equal rights – even better | Observer editorial 2011
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Scottish legislation does, however, allow cohabitees to make limited claims against one other.
Top judge wants fair shares for unmarried couples who break up 2011
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A succession of senior Lib Dems congratulated themselves on being in government and then, in the next breath, denigrated their Tory cohabitees.
Why the conference season felt like three weeks in Lilliput | Andrew Rawnsley 2011
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So, if the terms of engagement have changed, as it were, then it seems only fair to ask that legal rights for cohabitees should once again be considered.
Cohabitation: living together is good for you. Equal rights – even better | Observer editorial 2011
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As a result, at the end of a relationship, the law treats cohabitees as two unrelated individuals with no right to claim for maintenance, except for the children, or a share of the property.
Cohabitation: living together is good for you. Equal rights – even better | Observer editorial 2011
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Cabinet minister to make speech in which he will dismiss suggestion that voicing support for marriage stigmatises single people and cohabitees
We're told marriage is being undermined by Hello! Rubbish | Catherine Bennett 2011
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On the whole, it's those who are poorer, less well-educated and less well-qualified who remain as cohabitees, although that, too, is beginning to change.
Cohabitation: living together is good for you. Equal rights – even better | Observer editorial 2011
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