matrimonial law

1. 1.

   that branch of jurisprudence that studies the laws governing matrimony

   Broaderjurisprudence

Questions about matrimonial law

What does matrimonial law mean?

matrimonial law means "that branch of jurisprudence that studies the laws governing matrimony".

Is matrimonial law a common word?

matrimonial law is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.