a mensa et thoro

形容词 adj. 副词 adv.

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. That does not dissolve the marriage bond, but merely authorizes the husband and wife to live apart from each other. historical,not-comparable
    — A divorce a mensa et thoro, obtained by the wife, is not a bar to her right of dower.
副词 adv.
  1. Such as not to dissolve the marriage bond, but merely to authorize the husband and wife to live apart from each other. historical,not-comparable
    — By the recent statute 20 & 21 Viet c. 85, § 7, no divorce can in future be granted à mensa et thoro, but a decree of judicial separation is to be pronounced, having the like effect.

词源

词源 1
Learned borrowing from Latin a mensa et thoro (“from board and bed”).
词源 2
Learned borrowing from Latin a mensa et thoro (“from board and bed”).
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