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a vinculo matrimonii

a vinculo matrimonii adjective: describing an absolute divorce, after which the parties may remarry.

Adjective

a vinculo matrimonii (not comparable)

  1. Describing an absolute divorce, after which the parties may remarry.
    • These courts never granted divorces a vinculo matrimonii, which permit either—or both—of the divorced persons to contract a fresh marriage […]1882, Annie Besant, Marriage, As It Was, As It Is, And As It Should Be: A Plea For Reform, second edition, London: The Freethought Publishing Company, page 38
    • It includes both the complete abrogation of the marriage relation known as a divorce a vinculo matrimonii, which carries with it a power on the part of both parties to the marriage to remarry other persons or each other […]1911, “Divorce”, in Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th edition, volume 8, New York, N.Y.: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., page 334

Adverb

a vinculo matrimonii (not comparable)

  1. Describing an absolute divorce, after which the parties may remarry.
    • The woman divorced a vinculo matrimonii, receives again all that ſhe brought with her: […]1741, “Divorce”, in Ephraim Chambers, editor, Cyclopædia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, fifth edition

Origin of a vinculo matrimonii

Learned borrowing from Latin a vinculo matrimonii (“from the bond of marriage”).

Questions about a vinculo matrimonii

What does a vinculo matrimonii mean?
A vinculo matrimonii means describing an absolute divorce, after which the parties may remarry.
What part of speech is a vinculo matrimonii?
A vinculo matrimonii can be an adjective or an adverb.

Words near a vinculo matrimonii in the dictionary

  1. a trifle
  2. a trouble shared is a trouble halved
  3. a turkey voting for Christmas
  4. a twig in a bundle cannot be broken
  5. a twig in a bundle is unbreakable
  6. a vinculo matrimonii
  7. a watched kettle never boils
  8. a watched pot never boils
  9. a watched pot never boils over
  10. A wave
  11. A waves

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