Marital
Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Abbott (1879)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
That which belongs to marriage; as, marital rights, marital duties.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
That which belongs to inarriage; as marital rights, marital duties. See Husband; Mabbied Woman.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
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.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
Relating to, or connected with, the status of marriage; pertaining toa husband; incident to a husband.
Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence
Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879
Bouvier defines it as meaning that which belongs to marriage; as marital rights, marital duties. But we think it is generally (not invariably) used of that which pertains to the husband in marriage. Marital rights would usually be understood to mean the rights accorded to the husband in view of the marriage relation; and marital duties, the duties of the husband, not those of the wife. Curtesy, for example, is a marital privilege, while dower is not. Webster and "Worcester, both depending on Aylifie as authority, give the word this restricted meaning only, and Wharton concurs.