Marital

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Marital \Mar"i*tal\ (m[a^]r"[i^]*tal), a. [F., fr. L. maritalis,
     fr. maritus belonging to marriage, n., a husband. See
     {Marry}, v.]
     1. Of or pertaining to a husband; as, marital rights, duties,
        authority. [archaic] "Marital affection." --Ayliffe.
        [1913 Webster]


  
     2. Of or pertaining to marriage; matrimonial.
        [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  marital
       adj : of or relating to the state of marriage; "marital status";
             "marital fidelity"; "married bliss" [syn: {matrimonial},
              {married}]

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  MARITAL. That which belongs to marriage; as marital rights, marital duties. 
       2. Contracts made by a feme sole with a view to deprive her intended 
  husband of his marital rights, with respect to her property, are a fraud 
  upon him, and may be set aside in equity. By the marriage, the husband 
  assumes the duty of paying her debts, contracted previous to the coverture, 
  and of supporting her during its existence; and he cannot, therefore, be 
  fraudulently deprived, by the intended wife, of those rights which enable 
  him to perform the duties which attach to him. 2 Cha. R. 42; Newl. Contr. 
  424; 1 Vern. 408; 2 Vern. 17; 2 P. Wms. 357, 674; 2 Bro. C. C. 345; 1 Ves. 
  jr. 22; 2 Cox, R. 28; 2 Beav. 528; 2 Ch. R. 81; White's. L. C. in Eq. *277; 
  1 Hill, Ch. R. 1, 4; 13 Maine, R. 124; 1 McMull. Eq. R. 237 3 Iredell's Eq. 
  R. 487; 4 Wash. C. C. R. 224.