A MENSA ET THORO

a mensa et thoro

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a mensa et thoro (ay men-s[schwa] et thor-oh). [Latin “from board and hearth”] (Of a divorce decree) ef-fecting a separation of the parties rather than a dissolution of the marriage (a separation a mensa et thoro was the usual way for a couple to separate under English law up until 1857). • Not all states […]

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a mensa et thoro

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a mensa et thoro 〈拉〉不共寝食；分居 该术语源自教会法，表示教会法院所作的离婚判决〔decree of divorce〕的范围仅及于配偶的分居与婚姻同居关系的终止，而不表示婚姻的解除，故配偶之任一方均不得再婚。该词的拉丁文意思即为「不共寝食」〔from bed and board〕，但在英国法上已被引申为夫妻的司法别居〔judicial separation〕。 (→separation; divorce a mensa et thoro；a vinculo matrimonii)

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