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Term: EXTRA PRAESENTIAM MARITI
Definition: When a woman does something without her husband being there.
This Latin phrase means that a woman is doing something when her husband is not around. It could be something good or bad, but it just means that the husband is not present.
EXTRA PRAESENTIAM MARITI
Extra praesentiam mariti is a Latin term that means "out of her husband's presence."
1. The wife secretly met with her lover extra praesentiam mariti.
2. The husband trusted his wife and allowed her to go on a trip extra praesentiam mariti.
The examples illustrate situations where a woman is away from her husband's presence. In the first example, the wife is meeting with her lover without her husband's knowledge. In the second example, the husband trusts his wife to go on a trip without him. The term extra praesentiam mariti is often used in legal contexts to refer to situations where a woman is acting independently of her husband.