conjugal rights
Americanplural noun
Etymology
Origin of conjugal rights
First recorded in 1890–95
Example Sentences
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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 Albert Sidney Bolles
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
It is true that there have been at times attempts to obtain restitution of conjugal rights on one side or on the other.
From A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) by George Saintsbury
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
A decree for the restitution of conjugal rights was granted to her petition.
From Women's Wild Oats Essays on the Re-fixing of Moral Standards by C. Gasquoine (Catherine Gasquoine) Hartley
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