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Mensa et thoro

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[Latin, From bed and board.] A type of Divorce that is a partial termination of the duties of a marital relationship.

A divorce mensa et thoro is one that does not provide a Husband and Wife with the right to remarry but that permits them to live separately. Such a divorce does not dissolve the marriage but amounts to a legal separation.

MENSA ET THORO. The phrase a mensa et thoro is applied to a divorce which separates the husband and wife but does not dissolve the marriage. Vide Divorce.



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