Pecuniary

Y.5 Pertaining to money; monetary.

A pecuniary loss is of money or of something by which money, or a thing of money value, may be acquired.^ In Rhode Island, a divorce may be had from a husband who, without cause, gi'ossly or wantonly and cruelly refuses or neglects to provide suitable maintenance for his wife, he being of " sufficient pecuniary ability " to make such provision. The reference is to the possession of means in property to provide the necessary maintenance, not to capacity for acquiring such means by labor.'

See Circumstances, 2; -Consideration, 2; Interest, 1; Money; Responsible.