nonmarital en · ADJ
Etymology
From non- + marital.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Not in a marital relationship; unmarried to one another
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.
1988 March 18, Marianna Beck, “What's a Wife Worth?”, in Chicago Reader: