Definition of Matrimonial

1. Adjective. Of or relating to the state of marriage. "Married bliss"

Exact synonyms: Marital, Married
Partainyms: Marriage, Marriage, Marriage
Derivative terms: Matrimony

Definition of Matrimonial

1. a. Of or pertaining to marriage; derived from marriage; connubial; nuptial; hymeneal; as, matrimonial rights or duties.

Definition of Matrimonial

1. Noun. A form of advertisement, such as those placed in the classified section of a newspaper or internet, presenting personal information about a person so that they can get married to another individual. ¹

2. Adjective. Of, or having to do with matrimony ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Matrimonial

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Matrimonial

matrilineage
matrilineal
matrilineal kin
matrilineal sib
matrilineality
matrilineally
matrilinear
matrilines
matrilocal
matrilocality
matrilysin
matrimoieties
matrimoiety
matrimoine
matrimonial law
matrimonially
matrimonials
matrimonies
matrimonious
matrimony vine
matriotism
matriphagy
matrisib
matrist
matrists
matrix

Literary usage of Matrimonial

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Elements of International Law by Henry Wheaton (1904)
"The matrimonial domicile has been defined to be " the actual domi- Matrimonial cile of the husband at the time of the marriage, but it may possibly, ..."

2. Introduction to the Science of Law: Systematic Survey of the Law and by Karl Gareis (1911)
"... and public interests in the regulation of the proprietary relations existing between spouses, are legally guaranteed is called the "matrimonial regime. ..."

3. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1903)
"It having been established that Kentucky was the domicil of the husband and had ever been the matrimonial domicil, and, therefore, that the courts of ..."

4. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1903)
"The decision Is upon the ground that where there Is no express matrimonial contract there Is an Implied contract that the law of the matrimonial ..."

5. A Treatise on the Law of the Domestic Relations: Embracing Husband and Wife by James Schouler (1889)
"The Matrimonial Domicile. — As there must be a home, so there is also a matrimonial domicile of the parties recognized by universal law. ..."

6. The Progress of Continental Law in the Nineteenth Century by John Henry Wigmore, Edwin Montefiore Borchard, Frederick Pollock (1918)
"Diversity of Matrimonial Systems.1 — The law governing the management of a ... 1 [By "matrimonial system or regime" is meant a particular body of legal ..."

7. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"When the Rota ceased to exercise judicial functions, matrimonial causes were referred to the Congregation of the Council. There were also added to this ..."

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