To enter as a student in a university. Matrimonia debent esse libera. Marriages ought to be free. A maxim of the civil law. 2 Kent, Comm. 102. … [Read more...]

pleading. Matter which goes in denial of a declaration, and Dot in avoidance of it. … [Read more...]

Of or pertaining to matrimony or the estate of marriage. Matrimonial causes. In English ecclesiastical law. Causes of action or injuries respecting the rights of marriage. One of the three divisions of causes or injuries cognizable by the ecclesiastical courts, comprising suits for jactitation of marriage, and for restitution of conjugal rights, divorces, and suits for alimony. … [Read more...]

pleading. That which goes in avoidance of a declaration or other pleading, on the ground that the law does not authorize them. It does not deny the matter or fact contained in such pleading, but admitting them avoids them. Bac. Ab. Pleas G 3. Matter of law, is that which is referred to the decision of the court; matter of fact that which is submitted to the jury. … [Read more...]

A legal action that involves or affects the marital status of the parties such as annulment, separation and divorce. … [Read more...]