Marital

Relating to or connected with, the status of marriage; pertaining to a husband; incident to a husband.

— Marital coercion. Coercion of the wife by the husband.

— Marital portion. In Louisiana. The name given to that part of a deceased husband's estate to which the widow is entitled. Civ. Code La. art. 55 ;, Abercrombie v. Caffray, 3 Mart. N. S. (La.) 1.

— Marital rights. The rights of a husband. The expression is chiefly used to denote the right of a husband to property which his wife was entitled to during the continuance of the marriage. See Kilburn v. Kilburn, 89 Cal. 46, 26 Pac. 636. 23 Am. St. Rep. 447; McCown v. Owens, lp Tex. Civ. App. 346, 40 S. W. 336.