a vinculo matrimonii

American

[ey ving-kyuh-loh ma-tri-moh-nee-ahy, -nee-ee] / eɪ ˈvɪŋ kjəˌloʊ ˌmæ trɪˈmoʊ niˌaɪ, -niˌi /

adjective

Law.

pertaining to or noting a divorce that absolutely dissolves the marriage bond and releases the spouses from all matrimonial obligations.

a divorce a vinculo matrimonii.

Etymology

Origin of a vinculo matrimonii

< Latin: from the bond of marriage

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a vinculo matrimonii

If any modification of the Union takes place, I trust it will be a total divorce a vinculo matrimonii.

From Specimens of the Table Talk of Samuel Taylor Coleridge by Henry Nelson Coleridge

At the present day it has become, with regard to divorce a vinculo matrimonii, a rule of greater and of more far-reaching importance.

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

In this negation of a right to divorce a vinculo matrimonii lies the broad difference between the doctrines of the Eastern and Western Churches of Christendom.

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

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