catalyst (iou) and A VINCULO MATRIMONII, from the bond of marriage (law)

catalyst (iou)

catalyst noun. E20.
[from CATALYSIS after analyst.]
Chemistry. A substance which brings about catalysis. Also fig., an agent that facilitates a change.

A VINCULO MATRIMONII, from the bond of marriage (law)

A VINCULO MATRIMONII, from the bond of Marriage. A Marriage may bedissolved a vinculo, in many states, as in Pennsylvania, on the ground ofdissolved a vinculo, in many states, as in Pennsylvania, on the ground ofcanonical disabilities before Marriage, as that one of the parties wascanonical disabilities before Marriage, as that one of the parties waslegally married to a person who was then living; impotence(q.v.), and thelegally married to a person who was then living; impotence(q.v.), and thelike adultery cruelty and malicious desertion for two years or more. In Newlike adultery cruelty and malicious desertion for two years or more. In NewYork a sentence of imprisonment for life is also a ground for a Divorce aYork a sentence of imprisonment for life is also a ground for a Divorce avinculo. When the Marriage is dissolved a vinculo, the parties may marryvinculo. When the Marriage is dissolved a vinculo, the parties may marryagain but when the cause is adultery, the guilty party cannot marry his oragain but when the cause is adultery, the guilty party cannot marry his orher paramour.her paramour.

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