•	mutual commitment to a shared life;
•	exclusive - cannot be in more than one conjugal relationship at a time;
•	intimate - committed to sexual exclusivity;
•	interdependent - physically, emotionally, financially, socially;
•	permanent - long term, genuine and continuing relationship; present themselves as a couple
•	regarded by others as a couple;
•	caring for children (if there are children)

The term “conjugal” was originally used to describe marriage. Then, over the years, it was expanded by various court decisions to describe “marriage-like” relationships, i.e., a man and a woman in a common-law relationship. With the M. v. H. decision in 1999, the Supreme Court of Canada further expanded the term to include same-sex common-law couples.  The word “conjugal” does not mean “sexual relations” alone. From the language used by the Supreme Court throughout M. v. H., it is clear that a conjugal relationship is one of some permanence, where individuals are interdependent - financially, socially, emotionally, and physically - where they share household and related responsibilities, and where they have made a serious commitment to one another.  Based on this, the following should be present to some degree in
all conjugal relationships, married and unmarried:

Conjugal Evidences