a mensa et thoroadv.

Brit.

/eɪ ˌmɛnsɑː ɛt ˈθɔːrəʊ/,

/eɪ ˌmɛnsə ɛt ˈθɔːrəʊ/, U.S.

/eɪ ˌmɛnsə ɛt ˈθɔroʊ/,

/eɪ ˌmɛnsə ɛt ˈθoʊroʊ/

Forms: 1600s a mensa & thoro, 1600s à mensa & thoro, 1600s– a mensa et thoro, 1700s a mensâ & thoro, 1700s–1800s à mensâ et thoro, 1800s à mensa et thoro, 1900s– a mensa et a thoro.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin a mensa et thoro.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin a mensa et thoro, literally ‘from table and bed’ (1572 or earlier) < classical Latin ā from + mensā , ablative of mensa table (see mensa n.) + et and + post-classical Latin thoro , ablative of thorus , variant of classical Latin torus bed, couch (see torus n.; compare thore n.).

Law.

With reference to the legal separation of a married couple: with respect to domestic life and sexual relations.The reference is to a form of partial divorce or legal separation whereby a couple, while remaining technically married, are allowed or ordered to live apart.In English law this type of divorce was abolished by the Divorce Act of 1857, being replaced by judicial separation (see quot. 1857). Cf. a vinculo matrimonii adj.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > divorce or dissolution > [adverb]

a mensa et thoro1600

1600 J. Chamberlain Let. 22 Dec. (1939) I. 114 But in conclusion the woman scaped better cheape then was looked for, having only sentence of separation a mensa et thoro.

a1683 J. Owen Serm. (1721) 572 This divorce a mensa & thoro only is no true divorce, but a mere fiction of a divorce.

1719 C. Johnson Masquerade v. 77 If you succeed, you will only obtain a poor Separation, a Mensâ & Thoro.

1773 W. Kenrick Duellist iv. 52 On settling a handsome separate maintenance on your wife you turn her off a mensa et thoro.

1853 Preston Guardian 26 Nov. The parties are declared to be divorced a mensa et thoro.

1901 Atlantic Reporter 49 332/1 In the present case the appellant filed her original bill for a divorce a mensa et thoro upon the grounds of cruelty and abandonment.

1999 State (Columbia S. Carolina) (Nexis) 29 Mar. In most states there are two different types of divorce: final and limited... ‘Limited’ divorces are sometimes called ‘divorce from bed and board’ or ‘divorce a mensa et thoro’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	a mensa et thoro
释义	a mensa et thoroadv. Brit. /eɪ ˌmɛnsɑː ɛt ˈθɔːrəʊ/, /eɪ ˌmɛnsə ɛt ˈθɔːrəʊ/, U.S. /eɪ ˌmɛnsə ɛt ˈθɔroʊ/, /eɪ ˌmɛnsə ɛt ˈθoʊroʊ/ Forms: 1600s a mensa & thoro, 1600s à mensa & thoro, 1600s– a mensa et thoro, 1700s a mensâ & thoro, 1700s–1800s à mensâ et thoro, 1800s à mensa et thoro, 1900s– a mensa et a thoro. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin a mensa et thoro. Etymology: < post-classical Latin a mensa et thoro, literally ‘from table and bed’ (1572 or earlier) < classical Latin ā from + mensā , ablative of mensa table (see mensa n.) + et and + post-classical Latin thoro , ablative of thorus , variant of classical Latin torus bed, couch (see torus n.; compare thore n.). Law. With reference to the legal separation of a married couple: with respect to domestic life and sexual relations.The reference is to a form of partial divorce or legal separation whereby a couple, while remaining technically married, are allowed or ordered to live apart.In English law this type of divorce was abolished by the Divorce Act of 1857, being replaced by judicial separation (see quot. 1857). Cf. a vinculo matrimonii adj. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > divorce or dissolution > [adverb] a mensa et thoro1600 1600 J. Chamberlain Let. 22 Dec. (1939) I. 114 But in conclusion the woman scaped better cheape then was looked for, having only sentence of separation a mensa et thoro. a1683 J. Owen Serm. (1721) 572 This divorce a mensa & thoro only is no true divorce, but a mere fiction of a divorce. 1719 C. Johnson Masquerade v. 77 If you succeed, you will only obtain a poor Separation, a Mensâ & Thoro. 1773 W. Kenrick Duellist iv. 52 On settling a handsome separate maintenance on your wife you turn her off a mensa et thoro. 1853 Preston Guardian 26 Nov. The parties are declared to be divorced a mensa et thoro. 1901 Atlantic Reporter 49 332/1 In the present case the appellant filed her original bill for a divorce a mensa et thoro upon the grounds of cruelty and abandonment. 1999 State (Columbia S. Carolina) (Nexis) 29 Mar. In most states there are two different types of divorce: final and limited... ‘Limited’ divorces are sometimes called ‘divorce from bed and board’ or ‘divorce a mensa et thoro’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.1600
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