MATRIMONIAL LAW

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

That branch of jurisprudence that studies the laws governing matrimony

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("matrimonial law" is a kind of...):

jurisprudence; law; legal philosophy (the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do)

Domain member category:

property settlement ((matrimonial law) the division of property owned or acquired by marriage partners during their marriage)

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