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marital rights n. an old-fashioned expression for the rights of a husband (not rights of a wife) to sexual relations with his wife and to control her operation of the household. (See: consortium, loss of consortium) |
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| The victim of the injustice in adultery is the innocent spouse or spouses whose marital rights the sinning parties are violating. 2043(b)(1) (transfers for insufficient consideration), certain property is included in a gross estate to the extent of excess value over consideration received; relinquishment of marital rights is not generally deemed consideration. Here the woman's "upset" state becomes a mechanism for obtaining marital rights from relatives, not only from the husband. |
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