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cohabitation (married state), marriage (wedlock)
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
bond of matrimony
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bond — 1 n 1 a: a usu. formal written agreement by which a person undertakes to perform a certain act (as appear in court or fulfill the obligations of a contract) or abstain from performing an act (as committing a crime) with the condition that failure … Law dictionary
matrimony — Synonyms and related words: a world without end bargain, alliance, baptism, bed, bond of matrimony, bridebed, cohabitation, confirmation, conjugal bond, conjugal knot, coverture, extreme unction, holy matrimony, holy orders, holy wedlock,… … Moby Thesaurus
bond — bond1 bondable, adj. bondability, n. bonder, n. bondless, adj. /bond/, n. 1. something that binds, fastens, confines, or holds together. 2. a cord, rope, band, or ligament … Universalium
bond — I [[t]bɒnd[/t]] n. 1) something that binds, fastens, confines, or holds together 2) a cord, rope, band, or ligament 3) something that binds a person or persons to a certain circumstance or line of behavior: the bond of matrimony[/ex] 4) something … From formal English to slang
matrimony — I noun alliance, cohabitation, conjugality, connubiality, consortium, espousal, espousement, joining, marriage, marriage tie, married life, married state, married status, match, mating, matrimonium, nuptial bond, nuptial state, nuptial tie,… … Law dictionary
nuptial bond — index cohabitation (married state), coverture, marriage (wedlock), matrimony Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
Divorce (in Moral Theology) — Divorce (in Moral Theology) † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Divorce (in Moral Theology) This subject will be treated here under two distinct heads: First, divorce in moral theology; second, divorce in civil jurisprudence. The term… … Catholic encyclopedia
marriage — mar·riage / mar ij/ n 1: the state of being united to a person of the opposite sex as husband or wife in a legal, consensual, and contractual relationship recognized and sanctioned by and dissolvable only by law see also divorce 2: the ceremony… … Law dictionary
alliance — Synonyms and related words: Anschluss, Bund, NATO, Rochdale cooperative, SEATO, a world without end bargain, accompaniment, accord, accordance, addition, adjunct, affairs, affiliation, affinity, agglomeration, aggregation, agnation, agreement,… … Moby Thesaurus
union — Synonyms and related words: Anschluss, Bund, Rochdale cooperative, abutment, abuttal, accompaniment, accord, accordance, addition, adjoiningness, adjunct, affairs, affiliation, affinity, agape, agglomeration, agglutination, aggregation, agreement … Moby Thesaurus
