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divorce a mensa et thoro — A judicial decree which terminates the obligation and right of cohabitation but does not affect the status of the parties as married persons or dissolve the marriage. 24 Am J2d Div & S § 1. A limited, partial or qualified divorce which suspends… … Ballentine's law dictionary
mensa et thoro — Bed and board. See divorce a mensa et thoro … Ballentine's law dictionary
mensa et thoro — n. Latin Bed and board. Webster s New World Law Dictionary. Susan Ellis Wild. 2000. mensa et thoro (Latin: From bed and board.) … Law dictionary
decree a mensa et thoro — See divorce a mensa et thoro … Ballentine's law dictionary
a mensa et thoro — From bed and board. See divorce a mensa et thoro … Ballentine's law dictionary
mensa et thoro — /mensa et 06row/ From bed and See divorce … Black's law dictionary
mensa et thoro — /mensa et 06row/ From bed and See divorce … Black's law dictionary
a mensa et thoro — literally from bed and board , a form of divorce by way of separation that does not, however, free the parties from the bonds of marriage. In England, before the Matrimonial Causes Act 1857, a decree in these terms from the ecclesiastical courts… … Law dictionary
divorce — di·vorce 1 n [Middle French, from Latin divortium, from divortere divertere to leave one s marriage partner, from di away, apart + vertere to turn]: the dissolution of a valid marriage granted esp. on specified statutory grounds (as adultery)… … Law dictionary
A mensa et thoro — A men sa et tho ro [L., from board and bed.] (Law) A kind of divorce which does not dissolve the marriage bond, but merely authorizes a separate life of the husband and wife. Abbott. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
