spousal immunity

spousal immunity definition - legal

n

The doctrine that spouses cannot sue one another for personal injury; abrogated in many states. 

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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