The law presumes that husband and wife cohabit together, even after a voluntary separation has taken place between them.
Bouvier.
&fist; By the common law as existing in the United States, marriage is presumed when a man and woman cohabit permanently together, being reputed by those who know them to be husband and wife, and admitting the relationship. Wharton.
Co*hab"it*ant (?), n. [L. cohabitans, p. pr.] One who dwells with another, or in the same place or country.
No small number of the Danes became peaceable cohabitants with the Saxons in England.
Sir W. Raleigh.
Co*hab"i*ta"tion (?), n. [L. cohabitatio.] 1. The act or state of dwelling together, or in the same place with another. Feltham.