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constructive desertion

(as by violence) to abandon the home or relationship NOTE: Constructive desertion, like desertion, is a ground for divorce.

connivance

a spouse's marital misconduct (as adultery) ;also : a defense to a charge of marital misconduct in a divorce proceeding compare condonation

circumstance

P.2d 1111 (1988)"] 2 pl : situation with regard to wealth [the s of the parties before the divorce]

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asset

either spouse or both spouses during a marriage NOTE: Marital assets are generally subject to equitable distribution on divorce. net assets 1 : the excess of assets over liabilities called also net worth 2 : admitted assets

antenuptial agreement

before marrying in which they give up future rights to each other's property in the event of a divorce or death called also prenuptial agreement

innocence

compare guilt b : the state of not being guilty of an act that constitutes a ground for divorce c : ignorance on the part of a party to a transaction of facts that would lead a

libel

libel [Anglo-French, from Latin libellus, diminutive of liber book] 1 : complaint used esp. in admiralty and divorce cases 2 a : a defamatory statement or representation esp. in the form of written or printed words

Anon

the names of the parties. In modern times the names of the parties in nullity suits in the Divorce Court are generally concealed under initials, and this has been also done in Bankruptcy cases, which have been

settlement

agreed upon a and a consent decree "W. J. Brennan, Jr."] [entered into a property prior to the divorce] b : a formal and permanent grant or conveyance c : the sum, estate, or income granted or

Advocate

jurisdiction of the Ecclesiastical Courts in matters matrimonial and testamentary was in 1857 transferred to the Court for Divorce and Matrimonial Causes and the Court of Probate respectively. It is now vested in the High Court, see

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