conjugal rights

American  

plural noun

1. the sexual rights and privileges conferred on spouses by the marriage bond.

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Etymology

Origin of conjugal rights

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

"And remember that as a 'vert you have no conjugal rights," to which remark the other did not reply.

From The Outcaste by Penny, F. E.

Wearing apparel, furniture, jewelry, even legal expenses incurred in regaining her conjugal rights have been included.

From Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman by Bolles, Albert Sidney

Such agreements were embodied in deeds, and usually contained mutual covenants not to sue in the ecclesiastical courts for restitution of conjugal rights.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" by Various

He represented to her that she had nothing to lose by such a step; she could never regain Henry's affections or obtain restitution of her conjugal rights.

From Henry VIII. by Pollard, A. F. (Albert Frederick)

You might sue for a restitution of conjugal rights, I suppose, but if you drag this thing into the courts I’ll fight it out to the end.

From Outside Inn by Kelley, Ethel M. (Ethel May)