“Conjugal rights” means
Question and options
“Conjugal rights” means
- Right to maintenance
- Right of inheritance
- Right of the parties to live together
- Divorce right
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: C - Right of the parties to live together
Conjugal rights are the rights of spouses to each other's society, i.e. the right of the parties to live together (cohabitation/consortium); restitution of conjugal rights lets a deserted spouse seek a decree that the other return. Maintenance, inheritance and divorce are different matters, so the answer is the right of the parties to live together.
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