The legal term for two or more people living together in a romantic/sexual relationship without marriage or civil partnership is cohabitation, and the people involved are cohabitants. The Scots word for a cohabitant is bidie-in, and we've used that by preference.

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Splitting up 06/30/2006 When you've been living with someone as a couple, and the relationship ends, what are your rights and responsibilities to each other? Like any relationship, you may find problems crop up that prove hard to solve on your own. Any couple can get help from agencies such as Couple Counselling Scotland or Scottish Marriage Care.	Public Links Broken Rainbow Citizens Advice Scotland Couple Counselling Scotland Family Mediation Scotland Scottish Marriage Care