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palimony::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | support payment |
Examples of palimony
palimony
In 1649 his servant and lover Geertge Dircx sued him for the equivalent of palimony.
From the nytimes.com
Many said she came up with the concept of palimony, but it was really Mitchelson, he said.
From the charlotteobserver.com
He had a two-tone Rolls and drove a Merc with the license plate PALIMONY.
From the theatlantic.com
Lang sued Cooper for palimony, and they eventually settled out of court in the early 1980s.
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Another prominent palimony target won a clear-cut victory last week.
From the time.com
Ginsburg asked whether other civil contempt proceedings for failing to pay alimony or palimony also could be affected.
From the timesunion.com
By the time the case of Marvin Vs. Marvin came to court in 1979, palimony suits were springing up across the country.
From the orlandosentinel.com
As marriage faded, he pushed palimony.
From the theatlantic.com
In the meantime, the lawyers contend Jordan faked his own death to escape debts and a threatened palimony suit.
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- Support paid by one half of an unmarried partnership after the relationship ends
- Palimony is a portmanteau of the words '' and alimony''. The neologism was coined by celebrity divorce attorney Marvin Mitchelson in 1977 when his client Michelle Triola Marvin filed an unsuccessful suit against the actor Lee Marvin.
- A form of alimony paid to a former partner in a nonmarital relationship
- Payments similar to alimony made to a former co-habitator.
