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A mensa et thoro

A mensa et thoro \A men"sa et tho"ro\ [L., from board and bed.] (Law) A kind of divorce which does not dissolve the marriage bond, but merely authorizes a separate life of the husband and wife.
--Abbott.

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a mensa et thoro

adv. (context historical legal of a divorce English) Such as not to dissolve the marriage bond, but merely to authorize the husband and wife to live apart from each other.