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Marriage settlement
1925, s. 27, make a binding settlement on marriage. By the (English) Judicature Act, 1925, s. 19(1), the Divorce Court is empowered, in cases where a marriage has been dissolved, or a sentence of judicial separation has
Iddat period
Iddat period, means in the case of a divorced woman,-- (i) three menstrual courses after the date of divorce, if she is subject to menstruation; and (ii)
alimony
: an allowance made to one spouse by the other for support pending or after legal separation or divorce compare child support alimony in gross : lump sum alimony in this entry alimony pen·den·te li·te [-pen-den-tē-lī-tē, -pen-den-tā-lē-tā]
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A mensa et thoro
A mensa et thoro. (From table and bed.) A term used to describe a partial divorce, in cases in which the marriage was just and lawful, but for some supervenient cause, such as the
Matrimonial causes
were formerly a branch of the ecclesiastical jurisdiction, but were transferred to the jurisdiction of the Court for Divorce and Matrimonial Causes (now a branch of the High Court of Justice) by 20 & 21 Vict. c.
no-fault
limited in his or her right to sue the responsible party 2 : of or relating to no-fault divorce [a ground for dissolution] see also no-fault divorce at divorce
Wife
Dut,; wyf, Icel.; uxor, Lat.], a woman that has a husband. See HUSBAND AND WIFE. Wife includes a divorced Muslim wife, Zohara Khatoon v. Mohd. Ibrahim, AIR 1981 SC 1243: (1981) 2 SCC 509: (1981) 2 SCR
Accessory to adultery
Accessory to adultery, a phrase used in the law of divorce, and derived from the criminal law. It implies more than connivance, which is merely knowledge with consent. A
Co-respondent
Co-respondent, the man charged with adultery. The (English) Judicature Act, 1925, s. 177,enacts that on a petition for divorce presented by the husband or in the answer of a husband praying for divorce, the petitioner or respondent,
Residence
marked with a considerable measure of continuance, Paster J.S. Singh v. Jyotsana Singh, AIR 1982 MP 122 [See Divorce Act, 1869, s. 3(3)] Residence, is generally understood as referring to a person in connection with the place
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