What is COHABIT or COHABITATION? Definition of COHABIT or COHABITATION in Black's Law Dictionary - Legal dictionary - Glossary of legal terms.
Dwelling together. Hunt v. Hunt, 172 Miss. 732, 161 So. 119, 121, Johnson v. Commonwealth, 152 Va. 965, 146
S.E. 289, 291. Intercourse together as husband and wife. State v. Hoffman, 68 N.D. 610, 282 N.W. 407, 409. Living, or abiding or residing together as man and wife. Jones v. State, 182 Tenn. 60, 184 S.W.2d 167, 169; State v. Barlow, 107 Utah 292, 153 P.2d 647, 651; In re Miller's Estate, 182 Okl. 534, 78 P.2d 819, 827.
It may mean copulation or sexual intercourse, Bracksmayer v. Bracksmayer, Sup., 22 N.Y.S.2d 110, 112; as in divorce statutes, Varnell v. Varnell, 182 S.W.2d 466, 467, 207 Ark. 711; De Berry v. De Berry, 115 W.Va. 604, 177 S. E. 440, 441; or promiscuous and casual relations, as in pandering statute, Boykin v. U. S., 130 F.2d 416, 421, 76 U.S.App.D.C. 147. But in some circumstances occasional acts of sexual intercourse may be insufficient proof. Cutrer v. State, 154 Miss. 80, 121 So. 106, 107.
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