a mensa et thoro literally 'from bed and board', a form of DIVORCE by way of separation that does not, however, free the parties from the bonds of marriage. In England, before the Matrimonial Causes Act 1857, a decree in these terms from the ecclesiastical courts was equivalent to a decree of judicial SEPARATION.

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In Scotland, prior to the Reformation, this was the only form of divorce known. It is still used in the context of judicial separation.

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