donatio inter virum et uxorem (doh-nay-shee-oh in-t[schwa]r vI-r[schwa]m et [schwa]k-sor-[schwa]m). [Latin] Roman law. Donation between husband and wife. • With a few exceptions (such as suitable anniversary gifts), a donation between spouses was invalid, but might be confirmed if the donor died without revoking it.
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viz. (viz).abbr. [Latin videlicet] Namely; that is to say (the defendant engaged in fraudulent activities, viz., misrepresenting his gross income, misrepresenting the value of his assets, and forging his wife’s signature). See VIDELICET.
Physical, sexual, or psychological abuse inflicted by one spouse on the other spouse; esp., wife-beating. See BATTERED-WOMAN SYNDROME.
surrogate (s[schwa]r-[schwa]-git), n. 1. A substitute; esp., a person appointed to act in the place of another (in his absence, Sam’s wife acted as a surrogate). See SURROGACY; surrogate mother under MOTHER. 2. A probate judge (the surrogate held that the will was valid). See probate judge under JUDGE. — surrogate, adj. — surrogacy (s[schwa]r-[schwa]-g[schwa]-see),
communication. 1. The expression or exchange of information by speech, writing, gestures, or conduct; the process of bringing an idea to another’s perception. 2. The information so expressed or exchanged. conditionally privileged communication. A defamatory statement made in good faith by a person with an interest in a subject to someone who also has an
A marriage that takes legal effect, without license or ceremony, when two people capable of marrying live together as husband and wife, intend to be married, and hold themselves out to others as a married couple. • The common-law marriage traces its roots to the English ecclesiastical courts, which until 1753 recognized a kind of
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get, n. 1. A rabbinical divorce; a Jewish divorce. 2. Under Jewish law, a document signed by a rabbi to grant a divorce. • Under Jewish law, a Jewish divorce can be obtained only after the husband has given the get to the wife, who must voluntarily accept it. — Also spelled gett. Pl. gittin.
An instrument governing a spouse’s separation and maintenance. [Cases: Husband and Wife 278.]
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living separate and apart. (Of a husband and wife) living away from each other, along with at least one spouse’s intent to dissolve the marriage. • One basis for no-fault divorce in many states exists if the spouses have lived apart for a specified period. — Sometimes shortened to separate and apart. [Cases: Divorce 35,
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fornication, n. 1. Voluntary sexual intercourse between two unmarried persons. • Fornication is still a crime in some states, such as Virginia. 2. Hist. Voluntary sexual intercourse with an unmarried woman. • At common law, the status of the woman determined whether the offense was adultery or fornication — adultery was sexual intercourse between a