Under the new policy, foreign partners will be entitled to temporary resident status after 12 months of cohabitation and permanent residency after 7 years of cohabitation.

Cohabitation had no legal status. A divorced party could remarry.

But the ultimate shortcoming of that cohabitation was its curtailment of the democratic process.

Although divorce rates leveled off in the 1990 s, cohabitation and unwed childbearing have continued to rise.

Family and kinship contracts, which govern marriage, adoption, cohabitation, inheritance, etc., form the basic unit of human society.

The status of cohabitation has also been prevalent due to the prohibition of polygamy in the Israeli law.

There are now firm rules concerning common law marriage, so the institute of marriage is no longer the only recognised form of cohabitation.

Turkey is following a constructive and inclusive policy for these regions, which are marked by remarkable models of cohabitation, science, arts, culture, and civilization.

Given these precedents, perhaps Asian policymakers should consider the merits of doing away with cohabitation and adopting systems where electoral victory translates into real power.

Any other forms of cohabitation (other than marriage) in which sexual relations develop between parties is a crime for which punishment is prescribed by law.

Bigamy and polygamy are not rare, although cohabitation with two or more women in the same household is criminally punishable (article 170 of the Criminal Code).

Concerning unions of fact, those involved are mutually bound to each other's commitments of official marriages, and once cohabitation ceases to exist, produces effects in what concerns minor children.

In the year January 1995 to January 1996, two women were appointed ministers in the cohabitation Government and three were elected to the National Assembly during the same period.

This seems to be a more efficient and politically more stable form of democracy than the unhappy cohabitation that produces such ugly confrontations in Taiwan, South Korea, and the Philippines.

This seems to be a more efficient and politically more stable form of democracy than the unhappy cohabitation that produces such ugly confrontations of the type seen across the region.

Due to the relatively low number of cohabitation and traditional nature of the society, there is a limited number of out of wedlock childbearing, being approximately 3 of Jewish births.

Family and kinship contracts, which govern marriage, adoption, cohabitation, inheritance, etc., form the basic unit of human society. These contracts are the most ancient and remain the foundation of social relationships in China today.

The problem in Asia often arises from something the French call cohabitation an awkward arrangement by which a directly elected president must co exist with a parliament controlled by a rival party or parties.

Given these precedents and the widespread instability exposed by this year's elections, perhaps Asian policymakers should consider the merits of doing away with cohabitation and adopting systems where electoral victory translates into real power.

The problem in Asia often arises from something the French call cohabitation an awkward arrangement by which a directly elected president must co exist with a parliament controlled by a rival party or parties.

It should be noted that since 1970, the average marital age has risen by three years, mostly due to the increase in cohabitation and women's participation in the labor market and in higher education.

Swaraj assured that the assault was carried out by anti social elements and argued that giving the case a racial tinge would be unfair to the people of India, who generally believe in harmonious cohabitation.

Cohabitation could very soon become a problem even in the quasi democracy of Hong Kong, if voters there on September 12 elect a legislature hostile to Tung Chee hwa, the territory's Beijing anointed chief executive, later this month.

Shortly after President Vieira took office on 1 October 2005, he and Prime Minister Carlos Gomes Júnior issued public statements of their willingness to work together, signalling to the nation and to the international community a commitment to institutional cohabitation.

The free movement of people doesn t only mean more social conflict and criminality. It also means a gradual and beneficial cohabitation that began immediately after WWII as a common effort to help out the defeated countries and enhance their chances for democracy and prosperity.

With no effective central authority to inspire fear or respect and the PLO devoid of legitimacy precisely because of its refusal to give Hamas its rightful share in the organization, a grotesquely ineffective brand of cohabitation between a Fatah president and a Hamas prime minister has emerged.

The candidates spend 10 days in a demobilization centre where they follow a resocialization programme, including information on the DDR process, civic education, peaceful cohabitation and economic opportunities. Upon leaving the transit centre, the demobilized are given nine months' salary, and in the course of the following nine months, they receive three months' salary each trimester.