Defined in 1 dictionary — Burrill (1850)
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
In the civil law. A species of marriage, or rather a half, or semi-marriage, (Lat. semi-matrimonium; Gr. ^^yttfjiog,) authorized by law. Shelf ord Marr. <k Div, 10. Cooper's Justin. Inst, Notes,* 420.
