mensa et thoro

mensa et thoro
n. Latin Bed and board.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary. . 2000.


mensa et thoro
(Latin: From bed and board.)
A type of divorce that is a partial termination of the duties of a marital relationship.

Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.


mensa et thoro
[Latin, From bed and board.] A type of divorce that is a partial termination of the duties of a marital relationship.

Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.

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  • mensa et thoro — Bed and board. See divorce a mensa et thoro …   Ballentine's law dictionary

  • mensa et thoro — /mensa et 06row/ From bed and See divorce …   Black's law dictionary

  • mensa et thoro — /mensa et 06row/ From bed and See divorce …   Black's law dictionary

  • a mensa et thoro — literally from bed and board , a form of divorce by way of separation that does not, however, free the parties from the bonds of marriage. In England, before the Matrimonial Causes Act 1857, a decree in these terms from the ecclesiastical courts… …   Law dictionary

  • divorce a mensa et thoro — see divorce Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. divorce a mensa et thoro …   Law dictionary

  • A mensa et thoro — A men sa et tho ro [L., from board and bed.] (Law) A kind of divorce which does not dissolve the marriage bond, but merely authorizes a separate life of the husband and wife. Abbott. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • a mensa et thoro — From bed and board. See divorce a mensa et thoro …   Ballentine's law dictionary

  • decree a mensa et thoro — See divorce a mensa et thoro …   Ballentine's law dictionary

  • a mensa et thoro — /ey mensa et 06row/ From table and bed, but more commonly translated, from bed and A kind of divorce, which is rather a separation of the parties by law, than a dissolution of the marriage. See separation …   Black's law dictionary

  • a mensa et thoro — /ey mensa et 06row/ From table and bed, but more commonly translated, from bed and A kind of divorce, which is rather a separation of the parties by law, than a dissolution of the marriage. See separation …   Black's law dictionary

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