matrimonial
/matrɪˈməʊniəl
/adjective
Relating to marriage or married people: the matrimonial home...
- At that time, the applicant had purchased his former wife's share in their matrimonial home.
- He asks that the retroactive order provide for payment out of his share of the matrimonial home when it is sold.
- It does not seek to define rights within the marriage or rights at the break-up of the matrimonial tie.
Synonyms
marital, conjugal, connubial, married, wedded;
shared, jointly owned;
Law spousal
Derivatives
matrimonially
- Also no chieftainship can clearly say that its lineage, either patrimonially, matrimonially or otherwise, has always had a dispute-free succession.
Origin
Late Middle English: via Old French from Latin matrimonialis, from matrimonium (see matrimony).