a vinculo matrimonii
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Learned borrowing from Latin a vinculo matrimonii (“from the bond of marriage”).
Adjective[edit]
a vinculo matrimonii (not comparable)
- (law, of a divorce) Describing an absolute divorce, after which the parties may remarry.
- 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:
- These courts never granted divorces a vinculo matrimonii, which permit either—or both—of the divorced persons to contract a fresh marriage […]
- 1911, “Divorce”, in Encyclopædia Britannica, 11th edition, volume 8, New York, N.Y.: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., page 334:
- 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 […]
Adverb[edit]
a vinculo matrimonii (not comparable)
- (law, of a divorce) Describing an absolute divorce, after which the parties may remarry.
- 1741, “Divorce”, in Ephraim Chambers, editor, Cyclopædia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, fifth edition:
- The woman divorced a vinculo matrimonii, receives again all that ſhe brought with her: […]
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References[edit]
- “a vinculo matrimonii”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.