Amenity

[Fr. amenité, from Lat. amonus, pleasant.] Pleasantne ; mildne ; blandne ; graciousne ; geniality; applied to physical influences, as climate, and to demeanor. "This climate has not seduced by its amenities."-W. Howitt . A men'sa et tho'ro. [Lat., from board and bed.] ( Old Law .) It was a partial divorce, which caused the separation of the husband and wife only, but did not annul the marriage, so that neither of them could again marry in the lifetime of the other. Such partial divorce exists in France under the name of Separation de corps et de biens. It is effected by sentence of the courts in the cases of cruelty of the husband, or adultery of either of the parties. - See DIVORCE.