A VINCULO MATRIMONII
\ɐ vɪnkjˈʊlə͡ʊ mˌatɹɪmˈə͡ʊnɪˌa͡ɪ], \ɐ vɪnkjˈʊləʊ mˌatɹɪmˈəʊnɪˌaɪ], \ɐ v_ɪ_n_k_j_ˈʊ_l_əʊ m_ˌa_t_ɹ_ɪ_m_ˈəʊ_n_ɪ__ˌaɪ]\
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From the bond of marriage. A marriage may be dissolved a vinculo, in many states, as in Pennsylvania, on the ground of canonical disabilities before marriage, as that one of the parties was legally married to a person who was then living; impotence, (q. v.,) and the like adultery cruelty and malicious desertion for two years or more. In New York a sentence of imprisonment for life is also a ground for a divorce a vinculo. When the marriage is dissolved a vinculo, the parties may marry again but when the cause is adultery, the guilty party cannot marry his or her paramour.
By John Bouvier
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