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Conjugal

Pertaining or relating to marriage; suitable or applicable to married people.

Conjugal rights are those that are considered to be part and parcel of the state of matrimony, such as love, sex, companionship, and support.Loss of consortium is a loss of any or all conjugal rights.

West's Encyclopedia of American Law, edition 2. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.

CONJUGAL. Matrimonial; belonging, to marriage as, conjugal rights, or the rights which belong to the husband or wife as such.

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.
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The council's deputy Abubakar Shelali said several reports had been made by women reported being denied conjugal rights by their husbands who have turned into 'goats', chewing at every given opportunity.
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Muscat: Conjugal visits have been permitted for inmates at two Oman prisons, according to a judgment released by the Administrative Court in February.
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