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Private Acts of Parliament
Private Acts of Parliament, Acts operating upon particular persons and private concerns, as Naturalization Acts, Divorce Acts, and Change of Name Acts. They are generally not printed, but copies of them can be obtained
Pre-contract
Hen. 8, c. 28, and 2 & 3 Edw. 6, c. 23, s. 2; Bishop on Marriage and Divorce, s. 53. But pre-contract is no longer a cause for dissolving a marriage in England; see 26 Geo.
Petition
[(English) Companies Act, 1929, s. 170]. For form of petition see (English) Winding-up Rules, 1929, and WINDING UP. Divorce and matrimonial suits, and suits instituted under the Legitimacy Declaration Act, are commenced by petition. As to election
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Parsi
Parsi, means a Parsi Zoroastrain. [Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act, 1936 (3 of 1936) , s. 2 (7)]
Offices of the Supreme Court
the concurrence of the Lord Chief Justice, the Master of the Rolls and the President of the Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division, shall direct, (English) R.S.C., Ord. LXIII., r. 6 (as amended) As to the vacations in
Chambers
R. S.C. 1883, Ord. LIV., the masters in the King Bench Division, and the registrars in the Probate, Divorce, and Admiralty Division may exercise the jurisdiction of a judge in chambers (subject to appeal to a judge),
quitclaim
a claim to ;specif : to release a claim to and convey by quitclaim deed [required under the divorce decree to the property to his wife] quitclaim n
Attorney
answered to the Solicitor in the Courts of Chancery, and the Proctor of the Admiralty, Ecclesiastical, Probate, and Divorce Courts. An attorney was almost invariably also a solicitor. The name 'Solicitor' was provided by the (English) Judicature
desertion
with one's spouse without the spouse's consent and without cause or justification NOTE: Desertion is a ground for divorce in many states. b : intentional permanent termination of custody over one's child ;also : abandonment c :
incorporate
-rat·ing vt 1 : to unite with something else to form a whole [ the agreement into the divorce] 2 : to form (as a business) into a legal corporation 3 : to include (rights guaranteed by
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