English

Alternative forms

• non-marital

Adjective

nonmarital ‎(not comparable)

1. Not in a marital relationship; unmarried to one another
   • 1988 March 18, Marianna Beck, “What's a Wife Worth?”, in Chicago Reader:

     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.