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conjugal rights

conjugal rights. The rights and privileges arising from the marriage relationship, including the mutual rights of companionship, support, and sexual relations. • Loss of conjugal rights amounts to loss of consortium. See CONSORTIUM. [Cases: Husband and Wife 1–354. C.J.S. Estates § 19.]

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consortium

consortium (k[schwa]n-sor-shee-[schwa]m). 1. The benefits that one person, esp. a spouse, is entitled to receive from another, including companionship, cooperation, affection, aid, financial support, and (between spouses) sexual relations (a claim for loss of consortium). See LOSS OF CONSORTIUM; CONJUGAL RIGHTS . filial consortium (fil-ee-[schwa]l). A child’s society, affection, and companionship given to a parent.

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