a vinculo matrimonii
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of a vinculo matrimonii
< Latin: from the bond of marriage
Example Sentences
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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 Coleridge, Henry Nelson
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
There are two kinds of divorce, the one total, the other partial; the one a vinculo matrimonii, the other merely a mensa et thoro.
From Commentaries on the Laws of England Book the First by Blackstone, William, Sir
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
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