ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MERETRICIOUS
From Latin merētrīcius, from merētrix prostitute, from merēre to earn money.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MERETRICIOUS»
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meretricious in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
meretricious and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Family Law, Keyed to Krause, Elrod, Garrison & Oldham
Sup. Ct., 127 Wash. 2d. 339, 898 P.2d. 831 (1995). NATURE OF CASE: Appeal
from appellate court order for distribution of property held prior to a meretricious
relationship. FACT SUMMARY: Following a prolonged meretricious relationship,
...
Aspen Publishers, Briefs Casenotes, 2004
2
Family Law, Keyed to Weisberg and Appleton's
Vasquez (P), the alleged surviving partner, filed a claim against the decedent's
estate (D), claiming a share of the community property because he'd allegedly
had a meretricious relationship with the decedent. The appointed representative
of ...
Casenotes, Casenote Legal Briefs, 2010
3
Family Law: Cases, Materials and Problems
ANALYSIS A meretricious relationship is a stable, marital-like relationship where
both parties cohabit with knowledge that a lawful marriage between them does
not exist. In re Marriage of Lindsey, 101 Wash. 2d. 299, 304, 678 P.2d 328 (1984)
.
Peter N. Swisher, H. Anthony Miller, Helene S. Shapo, 2012
FACT. SUMMARY: Following a prolonged meretricious relationship, Connell (P)
filed a lawsuit seeking a just and equitable distribution of the property acquired
during the relationship.
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The Dimwit's Dictionary: More Than 5,000 Overused Words and ...
Use media. meretricious is confused with meritorious. I I informed her that that
was a meretricious plan except for the fact that it involves lying. Use meritorious. I
They serve the public interest by reminding readers not to believe a message ...
Robert Hartwell Fiske, 2006
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What Made The Crocodile Cry?: 101 questions about the ...
And therein lies the link with meretricious, and the possible confusion between
the two. 'Meretricious' comes from a very similar Latin term, meretn'x, which also
meant a prostitute. The Oxford English Dictionary's first citation of the term is from
...
Casenote Legal Briefs, Aspen Publishers. Marvin v. Marvin Spouse to a
meretricious relationship (P) v. Husband to a meretricious relationship (D] Cal.
Sup. Ct, 18 Cal. 3d 660, 557 P.2d 106 [1976]. Rozan v. Rozan Wife CP] v.
Husband CD] ...
Casenote Legal Briefs, Aspen Publishers, 2009
8
First Job: A Memoir of Growing Up at Work
City editor Bill Bell did try to be kind to me, but then I'd turn in another car-wreck
story with a "meretricious guardrail" gaffe. over to my desk with the giant OED in
his hands. He dropped the volume on the file cabinet next to my desk with a bang
...
9
Dignity, Character and Self-Respect
The Meretricious It might beargued that the feature sometimes described as the “
meretricious” embodiesthe culmination of UnDignity. There is,within my
knowledge,no wholly exact foreignequivalent for the term, seeingthat none of the
more ...
... Jehovah will visit Tyre, and she shall return to meretricious hire, and shall
commit whoredom with all the kingdoms of the earth on the faces of the ground ;
at length her merchandise and meretricious hire shall be holy to Jehovah," xxiii.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MERETRICIOUS»
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meretricious is used in the context of the following news items.
George Osborne is Michael Heseltine revisited, QUENTIN LETTS …
That meretricious networker Sir Peter Bazalgette, who should never have been made chairman of the Arts Council, was at a Lords committee ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
Local is lekker - new life rising from the ashes
I don't mean in the meretricious sense that the ads for SA show abroad – a tumultuous nation of happiness, calm, undivided pleasure and ... «BizNews, Jul 15»
The Tories versus the BBC
... Times, is that “the BBC uses its guaranteed vast income to go after other broadcasters” with the same “meretricious ratings fodder” as ITV, etc. «MoneyWeek, Jul 15»
REVIEW: Energetic and impressive shows end school year in style
The Music Theatre Society ended their year in style with a rich mix of numbers – some masterpieces, some meretricious – from the musicals. «Maldon and Burnham Standard, Jul 15»
Last of the 'exotic' Hollywood heart-throbs
... lifestyle, he was thrown back on accepting any work that came his way and entered a downward spiral into trivial and meretricious movies. «Irish Times, Jul 15»
Review: 'The Unfortunates' by Sophie McManus
F. Scott Fitzgerald was too in love with meretricious excess to scrape away the romantic gilt. McManus, with her intricate re-creation of CeCe's ... «Miami Herald, Jul 15»
A panel explores the question, 'Why Berkeley?'
this is a distracting and meretricious comment written to undermine my comment. It is not illogical to assume that poor latinos, poor blacks or ... «Berkeleyside, Jul 15»
2015 Honda HR-V first drive
Its main fault, however, was that it took the “wacky car” slot in Honda's UK line-up at the expense of the more meretricious Element, a larger ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
In praise of UK TV quiz shows
TV quiz shows operate by a different morality to other televised talent and reality shows; they're less meretricious. Just look at the heroes they ... «Den Of Geek, Jul 15»
How Gay Marriage Came to Ireland
It was a brilliant political stroke, albeit lying and meretricious as regards its claims (it met with a strong although inadequately reported response ... «First Things, Jul 15»
