The word 'spousal' is a valid and usable word in written English.
It is an adjective and can be used to describe something related to a spousal relationship, typically used in the legal context. For example: "The spousal benefits of the pension plan were thoroughly discussed."
If they miss one, for work commitments, lack of funds or spousal ultimatums, they sulk about it for months, aware that their escutcheon contains a blot and that others who made the trip will have noted it.
Spousal suicide, domestic violence and the murder of husbands by wives have all fallen as a result.
Perhaps people's condemnation of spousal violence should be just as vehement whether or not they've seen it on video.
After not a little spousal abuse, the LDP may now be looking at ways to dump its unlikely partner.
Fourth, while married retirees are both alive, the spousal benefit could be reduced.
The point is adequately made by simply unplugging the damned computer.Matt SimonBostonLooking for the right manSIR – My husband and I enjoyed your article on spousal selection and its finding that women have better choices the higher the ratio of males to females ("A buyers' market", December 15th).
I could have simply thrown money at the problem, or I could have consoled myself by daydreaming about the higher salary and greater spousal prospects that my height apparently affords me (benefits which, I assure you, have yet to materialise).
Did you know that until 1993 the state of North Carolina did not recognise spousal rape as a crime?
Mr Wolfmann, a property magnate and married man, has gone missing amid whispers of spousal wrath, cult gatherings, corrupt dentists and massage parlours that front a mysterious and potentially lethal company known as the Golden Fang.
This makes her George's quasi-superior and brings up a host of marital issues, from spousal rivalry to suspicions of insider trading.
On a given night, according to HUD data, you have about 65,000 individuals (overwhelmingly women) and their children fleeing spousal abuse.
