Historical Perspectives on Handfasting

[Tobus]

Is this ceremony of" hand fasting" regarded as a legally binding form of marriage in a Court of Law in Scotland, today?

In most of the USA (where much of our law comes from English common law), there is such thing as a common law marriage. If two people agree to be married, represent themselves to others as being married, and live as husband and wife, they may be considered legally married - whether there is any official paperwork to that effect or not.

But Google tells me that common law marriage does not legally exist in Scotland. That actually sort of surprises me.