conjugal rights
Americanplural noun
Etymology
Origin of conjugal rights
First recorded in 1890–95
Example Sentences
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But in spite of the success of the suggestion of the church dignitary, and the subsequent concession of conjugal rights, Heaven did not see fit to bless the union.
From The Grandee by Armando Palacio Valdés
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 Charles Reade
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 James Joyce
She files a petition for restitution of conjugal rights.
From The Law and the Poor by Edward Abbott Parry
No access to her was given me, and I gave notice that if access were denied me, I would sue for a restitution of conjugal rights, merely that I might see my children.
From Annie Besant An Autobiography by Annie Wood Besant
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