nonmarital
English
Alternative forms
- non-marital
Etymology
Adjective
nonmarital (not comparable)
- Not in a marital relationship; unmarried to one another
- 1988 March 18, Marianna Beck, “What's a Wife Worth?”, in Chicago Reader[1]:
- The case was tried under a breach-of-contract theory and the court ruled in favor of Triola, ruling that an express oral contract between parties could be enforced even between nonmarital partners.