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palimony
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ California law does not recognize gay marriages, but state appellate courts have adjudicated gay and lesbian palimony cases. ▪ Every evening now, Selina turns straight to the palimony page, and goes all quiet. ▪ Other first-time ...
Wikipedia
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Palimony is the division of financial assets and real property on the termination of a personal live-in relationship wherein the parties are not legally married. The term "palimony" is not a legal or historical term, but rather a colloquial portmanteau ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context legal English) A form of alimony paid to a former partner in a nonmarital relationship.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
palimony \pal"i*mo`ny\ (p[a^]l"[i^]*m[=o]`n[y^]), n. [pal + alimony. (ca. 1975)] a form of alimony paid to a former partner in a romantic relationship after a period of living together, even though the two persons involved were not married to each other. ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. support paid by one half of an unmarried partnership after the relationship ends
Usage examples of palimony.
She had handled a palimony appeal herself while still doing appellate work in San Francisco three years before, and she had lost.
Joe says that women almost never get any money out of these palimony cases.
Most palimony cases had more to do with a long-term emotional connection and involved a request for support or rehabilitation.
Every evening now, Selina turns straight to the palimony page, and goes all quiet.
By the time the party ended, Gordy Kravitz was on the red-eye flight from Los Angeles, where he had that day successfully concluded a hard-fought palimony suit.
Nina Reilly who takes on the biggest case of her career, a high profile, high-stakes palimony suit that could make her millions or ruin her financially.
He would have sued for palimony, but he just wanted to get as far away from a hostile ex-lover as possible.
Nasty, terminal diseases were no more of a threat to him than palimony suits.
His caseload weighs heavy on protection of children's rights, custody suits, divorce, while his partner takes more of the straight abuse, palimony, cohab dissolutions, and competency stuff.