lawful wife

collocation in English

meaningsoflawfulandwife

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lawful
adjective
uk
/ˈlɔː.fəl/us
/ˈlɑː.fəl/
allowed by ...
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wife
noun[C]
uk
/waɪf/us
/waɪf/
the woman that you are ...
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(Definition oflawfulandwifefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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After a few years he left her, lived with another woman and brought up three children; but hislawfulwifewould not divorce him.
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The only woman who has a legal claim upon him is hislawfulwife.
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The argument being adduced is that the illegitimate children of a spouse who lives with someone, other than thelawfulwife, should receive consideration.
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Fifty years ago a man married hislawfulwife.
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He then marries in the regular way and has a child by thelawfulwife.
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If a husband dies leaving property in this country we may have to decide who is hislawfulwifeor wives, who are his legitimate children.
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Hislawfulwifewas entirely supportive.
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Surely it is right to provide as these clauses do, that it is not only the interests of thelawfulwifethat are to be taken into account.
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And if hislawfulwifebe dead, let them be divided between himself and his children.
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He accordingly framed a law, and caused it to be published throughout all the cities, by which any man was permitted to have two lawful wives.
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