conjugal rights
Marital bedroom entitlements
Conjugal rights are the legal entitlements spouses have regarding each other in marriage, particularly the right to sexual intercourse and cohabitation.
The term appears in legal contexts around marriage disputes and annulment: He sued for restitution of conjugal rights.
The phrase sounds formal and somewhat archaic, belonging more to courtrooms than bedrooms.
- wedlockState of being spouses
- covertureWife's suspended legal identity
- marriageFormal union between partners
- marriage contractLegal terms governing union
- til death do us partMarriage oath of permanence
connubial · marital obligations · consortium · annulment · consummation · cohabitation · common law marriage · dower · civil union · autonomy · vows · marital rape · banns · fidelity · husband · spouse · domestic sphere · nuptial
- marriagebride, groom, wedding, husband, wife
- marriage lawmarriage contract, divorce decree, marriage certificate, matrimony, divorce petition
- sexual ethicssexual morality, sexual ethics, chastity, adultery, human sexuality
- spousal rightsequal partnership, joint ownership, legal protection, legal status, bank accounts
- Jewish marriageJewish wedding, ketubah, chuppah, erusin, wedding canopy
- marriage annulmentannulment, nullity, invalid marriage, church annulment, church court
conjugal rightssingle life
State of being unpartnered
bachelorhood · spinsterhood · singlehood · celibacy · celibate life
conjugal rightssexual autonomy
Right to choose intimacy
bodily autonomy · consent · right to refuse · personal sovereignty