conjugal rights
Americanplural noun
Etymology
Origin of conjugal rights
First recorded in 1890–95
Example Sentences
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She files a petition for restitution of conjugal rights.
From The Law and the Poor by Parry, Edward Abbott
Your course, therefore, is to sue for your conjugal rights: it will be the prettiest case of the century.
From The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages by Reade, Charles
Refusal to name owner, 19. of conjugal rights, 141.
From The Oldest Code of Laws in the World The code of laws promulgated by Hammurabi, King of Babylon B.C. 2285-2242 by Johns, C. H. W. (Claude Hermann Walter)
What limitations of activity and inhibitions of conjugal rights were perceived by listener and narrator concerning themselves during the course of this intermittent and increasingly more laconic narration?
From Ulysses by Joyce, James
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)
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