DOMESTIC PARTNERSHIP - The Law Mind Legal Dictionary

domestic partnershipnoun

Wiktionary (English) • 2026

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A legal or personal relationship between individuals who live together and share a common domestic life but are not joined in a traditional marriage or a civil union. Typically the partners in a domestic partnership enjoy at least part of the rights that the married couples have.