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Henpeck

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

To bother persistently with trivial complaints to subject to petty authority said of a woman who thus treats her male companion especially of wives who thus dominate their husbands Commonly used in the past participle often adjectively as henpecked for years he finally left her

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Henpeck

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

To bother persistently with trivial complaints to subject to petty authority said of a woman who thus treats her male companion especially of wives who thus dominate their husbands Commonly used in the past participle often adjectively as henpecked for years he finally left her

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