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• n  the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)

• Predictably, out-of-wedlock pregnancies are on the rise.
• They papered the state with leaflets claiming, among other things, that Cindy McCain was a drug addict and John had fathered a black child out of wedlock, complete with a family .
• If getting married meant knitting something instead of buying a ring, there would be even more out-of-wedlock births.

• marriage
• matrimony
• union
• spousal relationship

News & Articles

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• Public's assistance sought in locating a suspect
  Eunice PD is asking for assistance in locating a suspect wanted on outstanding warrants. According to police, Matthew Bieber is wanted for unauthorized use of an access card and theft of a debit and credit cards. The stolen cards were used for purchases at Wal Mart and Winn Dixie. This incident involved two suspects, Brandon Wedlock was arrested on May 22, 2013 for this same incident but ...
  June 12, 2013 - KATC 3 Lafayette
• Police ask for public's assistance locating a suspect
  Eunice PD is asking for assistance in locating a suspect wanted on outstanding warrants. According to police, Matthew Bieber is wanted for unauthorized use of an access card and theft of a debit and credit cards. The stolen cards were used for purchases at Wal Mart and Winn Dixie. This incident involved two suspects, Brandon Wedlock was arrested on May 22, 2013 for this same incident but ...
  June 12, 2013 - KATC 3 Lafayette

Quotes

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• Clay Aiken in New York Daily News
  Whether it be having a child out of wedlock, or whether it be simply being a homosexual, it's going to be a lot,Aiken said, adding that his fans "know that I never intended to lie to anybody at all."
• Jacob Zuma in The Guardian
  I have over the past week taken time to consider and reflect on the issues relating to a relationship I had outside of wedlock,Zuma said in a statement today. "It has put a lot of pressure on my family and my organisation, the African...
• Lindsay Lohan in Entertainment Tonight News
  Lindsay writes, "Is it a sin to be gay? Should it be a sin to be straight? Or to use birth control? Or to have sex before marriage? Or even to have a child out of wedlock?"