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MATRIMONIAL LAW
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Dictionary entry overview: What does matrimonial law mean?
• MATRIMONIAL LAW (noun)
The noun MATRIMONIAL LAW has 1 sense:
1. that branch of jurisprudence that studies the laws governing matrimony
Familiarity information: MATRIMONIAL LAW used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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