On Tue, 7 Sep 1999, Thor Odinson wrote:

Salutations and Greetings to one and all of the FFML!!!
^_^

I have a question to ask of thee, concerning Japanese common law [if
there is such a creature...]

In some areas, if a single female of age [lets say 16 years] lives with
a single male @ the same residence for a specific amount of time [say
six months], they are considered married.

Now that I've never heard before...

My question is this:
Would Ranma be married to all three Tendo daughters under Japanese
common law due to the extended stay he has performed?

Only if Genma & Soun ever realized it. (Then again, Kodachi could use this
to kidnap Ranma and keep him there for 6+ months.)

Ranma:  SAY WHAT???????
Kasumi: Oh my!  He's too young to be my husband.
Nabiki: I'm filing for divorce, Saotome.  
Akane: [smashing Ranma] How DARE you get married to me AND MY SISTERS! 

And it's probably archaic anyway...of course I could see even worse
problems with this...

Ranma: Wait...isn't marryin' more than one girl at a time bigamy?
Soun: No, my son-in-law, that's big of me...