thoro
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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A divorce a mensa et thoro could also be granted for cruelty.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" by Various
The most thoro scholars have found this task no easy affair.
From Lectures on Language As Particularly Connected with English Grammar. by William Stevens Balch
Whether he obtained from his wife a divorce de thoro is not handed down.
From Mr. Midshipman Easy by Frederick Marryat
In the last paragraph of the article referred to we find a hint of a lack of thoro conviction on the part of the writer himself.
From On the Firing Line in Education by Adoniram Judson Ladd
Persons seeking at the hands of the civil law relief in matrimonial troubles should have the right to ask for divorce a vinculo, or simple separation a mensâ et thoro, as they may elect.
From The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions by Robert Green Ingersoll
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