After the birth of their second daughter the marital union dissolved.

"The marital union of a man and woman is disappearing from our legal code."

Notice here the phrase "marital union" in the first sentence.

And it is ironic, second, that the first such invitation ever extended by Congress should deal with marital union.

In other words, there is an institutionalized elaboration of marital union over and beyond the couple.

In rare cases, a couple's marital union may be "made sure" through the ritual of the second anointing.

For Christians, this embodies the presence of God in the marital union.

He's a bit late with his prediction since most marital unions in Thalia have already collapsed at least once.

The marital union is total and therefore indissoluble.

Of special attention were the poor, the uninstructed, the vicious, and those bound in irregular marital unions.

Remarriage is a marriage that takes place after a previous marital union has ended, as through divorce or widowhood.

When one member of a marital union has sexual intercourse with another person without their consent, it may be considered to be infidelity.

A marital union must be exclusive.

But the phrase used instead ( "marital union" ) introduces another (religious or moral?) register that clashes with the rest of the paragraph.

The family Van Aerschodt were, via marital unions, their heirs, and went on continuing the heritage.

(b) It shall be the declared public policy of the State of Arkansas to recognize the marital union only of man and woman.

Their marital union was controversial because Mary was of a lower social standing than William, something which was socially taboo in late 18th century British society.

Pete Davies, a slight-framed, balding man in his mid-thirties, was pacing the floor and waxing eloquent upon his decidedly unpleasant marital union.

They are temporarily reunited with Mengdan and Hanxiang and witness their marital union before ultimately traveling to Dali separately.

Although my father must have deemed his marital union to have logical value, my human mother was guided by feelings of affection and admiration for my father.

The story claims the "Holy Grail" is not a chalice but a bloodline sprung from the marital union of Jesus and Mary Magdalene.

MARITAL UNION - see conjugal union, marriage, unions.

There are many outliers in the study of interpersonal relationships that tend to favour the marital union of two persons beyond that of their ethnicity, religion or socio-economic status.