a vinculo matrimonii

[ ey ving-kyuh-loh ma-tri-moh-nee-ahy, -nee-ee ]

adjective

, Law.

1. pertaining to or noting a divorce that absolutely dissolves the marriage bond and releases the spouses from all matrimonial obligations:

   a divorce a vinculo matrimonii.

Word History and Origins

Origin of a vinculo matrimonii¹

< Latin: from the bond of marriage

Example Sentences

When you had obtained a divorce a mensâ et thoro, you had only to obtain a private Act for a divorce a vinculo matrimonii. 

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A divorce a vinculo matrimonii, for any cause arising subsequent to marriage, could formerly be obtained in England only by an Act of Parliament, and the ecclesiastical courts must have previously pronounced a divorce a mens� et thoro.

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A husband could obtain a divorce a vinculo matrimonii for adultery, but the wife had no such power unless the husband had brought his mistress to the home.

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In this negation of a right to divorce a vinculo matrimonii lies the broad difference between the doctrines of the Eastern and Western Churches of Christendom.

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At the present day it has become, with regard to divorce a vinculo matrimonii, a rule of greater and of more far-reaching importance.

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