Matrimonium
Defined in 6 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
In civil law. A legal marriage. A marriage celebrated in conformity with the rules of the civil law was called justum matrimonium; the husband vir, the wife uxor. It was exclusively con- It alone produced the paternal power over the children, and the marital power — manus — over the wife. The farreum, the coemptio, or the usus was indispensable for the formation of this marriage. See "Pater- Familias." MATRIMONIUM SUBSEQUENS TOLLIT peccatum praecedens. A subsequent marriage cures preceding criminality.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
In Civil Law. A legal marriage. A marriage celebrated in conformity with the rules of the civil law was called jmtum matrimonium; the husband vir, the wife uxor. It was exclusively confined to Roman citizens, and to' those to whom the connubium had been conceded. It alone produced the paternal power over the children, and the marital power — rnanus — over the wife. The farreum, the (xfemptio, or the usus, was indispensable' for the formktion of this marriage. See Paterfamilias.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Lat.
In Roman law. A legal marriage, contracted in strict accordance with the forms of the older Roman law, i. e., either with the farreum, the coemptio or by usus. This was allowed only to Roman citizens and to those neighboring peoples to whom the right of connubmm had bcen conceded. The effect of such a marriage was to bring the wife into the manus or marital power, of the husband, and to create the patria potestas over the children.
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
I.
In the civil law. Matrimony; marriage. Matrimonia debent esse libera: marriages ought to be free.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
Lat.
In Roman law. A leval marriage, contracted in strict aceordance with the forms of the older Roman law, i. é, either with the farreum, the co-emptio, or by uwsus, This was allowed only to Roman citizens and to those neighboring peoples to whom the right of conrwbium liad been conceded. The effect of such a marriage was to bring the wife into the manws, or marital power, of the huskand, and to create the patria potestas over the children. Matrimonium subsaquens tollit peeeafum preecedens. Subsequent marriage cures preceding criminality.