conjugal rights

Conjugal rights refer to the mutual rights and privileges between two individuals arising from the state of being married . These rights include mutual rights of companionship, support, comfort, sexual relations, affection, joint property rights and the like. Loss of conjugal rights will also amount to loss of consortium . The term is more commonly used in reference to incarceration; some states allow those who are incarcerated to have "conjugal visits.”

[Last reviewed in August of 2022 by the Wex Definitions Team ]

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