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spousal

[spou-zuhl] / ˈspaʊ zəl /




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Acting as Val’s agent under the power of attorney, he signed to change the beneficiaries to the grandchildren and waive Val’s spousal rights.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

The family’s attempt to designate 36 grandchildren as beneficiaries was rejected due to issues with a spousal waiver.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026

Jimenez opened a family law practice in Palmdale more than two decades ago, handling divorce, custody, spousal and child support, workers’ compensation, personal injury and other civil matters.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

This week in the Help Me Retire column, Alessandra Malito answered questions from a man whose wife seemed to have made a mistake in claiming her own Social Security benefits instead of higher spousal benefits.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 20, 2026

V.: "Some bards have sung, the Ladye high Chapel or altar came not nigh; Nor dust the rites of spousal grace So much she feared each holy place," &c.

From Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 95, August 23, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various




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