- loss of consortium
- The loss of a wife's society, companionship, and services. 27 Am J1st H & W § 505. The loss of society and sexual intercourse. 27 Am J1st H & W § 525.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
loss of consortium
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loss — is a generic and relative term. It signifies the act of losing or the thing lost; it is not a word of limited, hard and fast meaning and has been held synonymous with, or equivalent to, damage , damages , deprivation , detriment , injury , and… … Black's law dictionary
loss — is a generic and relative term. It signifies the act of losing or the thing lost; it is not a word of limited, hard and fast meaning and has been held synonymous with, or equivalent to, damage , damages , deprivation , detriment , injury , and… … Black's law dictionary
consortium — /k3nsorsh(iy)3m/ Conjugal fellowship of husband and wife, and the right of each to the company, society, co operation, affection, and aid of the other in every conjugal relation. Roseberry v. Starkovich, 73 N.M. 211, 387 P.2d 321, 322. Loss of… … Black's law dictionary
consortium — /k3nsorsh(iy)3m/ Conjugal fellowship of husband and wife, and the right of each to the company, society, co operation, affection, and aid of the other in every conjugal relation. Roseberry v. Starkovich, 73 N.M. 211, 387 P.2d 321, 322. Loss of… … Black's law dictionary
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consortium — At earlier common law, the status and rights of the husband arising from the marriage relationship, while coverture denoted the status and rights of the wife arising therefrom. But consortium has now come to mean the rights and duties of both… … Ballentine's law dictionary
consortium — consortial, adj. /keuhn sawr shee euhm, tee /, n., pl. consortia / shee euh, tee euh/. 1. a combination of financial institutions, capitalists, etc., for carrying into effect some financial operation requiring large resources of capital. 2. any… … Universalium
