A Vinculo Matrimonii definition:
Latin: of marriage.
This used to be distinguished from a divorce a mensa et thoro.
In a 1923 Dictionary of English Law by W. J. Byrne (London: Sweet & Maxwell) page 315, this distinction is offered: ...
A VINCULO MATRIMONII, from the bond of marriage. A marriage may be dissolved a vinculo, in many states, as in Pennsylvania, on the ground of canonical disabilities before marriage, ...
A vinculo matrimonii
Latin: of marriage. The term is now used to refer to a final and permanent dissolution of the marriage by a decree of annulment on the ground that the marriage was void ab initio, from the beginning.
a vinculo matrimonii
[Latin. From the bond of matrimony.] In the context of divorce.
Avizandum ...
At common law, a divorce a vinculo matrimonii bars the wife of dower; but not a divorce ti mensa et, thoro, though for the crime of adultery.
and wife are not legally obligated to live together, but their marriage has not been dissolved. Neither spouse has the right to remarry where there is a divorce a mensa et thoro; only parties who have been awarded a divorce a vinculo matrimonii, ...
 See also: Marriage, Law, Vinculo matrimonii, Divorce, Parties
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