a mensa et thoro

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{s} (Law) of or pertaining to a divorce that does not break apart the marriage bond but permits a separate life of the husband and wife
(Latin) "from board and bed", divorce that does not break apart the marriage bond but permits a separate life of the husband and wife (Law)
A kind of divorce which does not dissolve the marriage bond, but merely authorizes a separate life of the husband and wife