Maritated - Law Dictionary Search Results
valuation
[actuarial of the assets and liabilities of a state pension fund] ;specif : appraisal of property [ of marital property is a factual finding that will not be upset unless clearly erroneous "Jensen v. Jensen, 458 N.W.2d
nuclear family
A family consisting of parents and their children and grandparents of a marital partner
Actual bodily harm
common assault, R. v. Oliver, (1860) 30 LJMC 12. A husband, who, whilst suffering from venereal disease, had marital intercourse with his wife and thereby infected her, cannot be convicted under this section, R. v. Clarence, (1888)
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Annulment
void. A judicial or ecclesiastical declaration that a marriage is void. Unlike a divorce, an annulment establishes that marital status never existed in law, Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 89.
Co-emptio
in which the husband 'purchased' from a women's father -- by fictitious sale -- the right to exercise marital power over the women, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn.
Conjugal
Earl Jowitt defines 'conjugal rights' thus: The right which husband and wife have to each other's society and marital intercourse, Saroj Rani v. Sudarshan Kumar Chadha, (1984) 4 SCC 90: AIR 1984 SC 1562 (1568). [Hindu Marriage
Desertion
after some years' separation by mutual consent is not evidence of desertion, and a wife without cause refusing marital intercourse cannot allege 'desertion' by the husband 'without reasonable excuse' if in consequence he refuses to live with
Plunderage
Plunderage, embezzling goods on shipboard, Marit. Law
Husband
living, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 746. Husband, the expression husband cover a person who enters into marital relationship and under the colour of such proclaimed or feigned status of husband subjects the woman concerned to
Illicit intercourse
Illicit intercourse, 'illicit intercourse' means sexual intercourse between persons not united by marriage, or by any union or tie which, though not amounting to a marriage, is recognized by the personal law or custom of the...
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