Phrase guide
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adj
That does not dissolve the marriage bond, but merely authorizes the husband and wife to live apart from each other.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical, not-comparable
Topics: law
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adv
Such as not to dissolve the marriage bond, but merely to authorize the husband and wife to live apart from each other.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical, not-comparable
Topics: law
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Learned borrowing from Latin a mensa et thoro (“from board and bed”).
