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Recrimination
Recrimination, a charge made by an accused person against the accuser. In a divorce suit, a counter charge that the complainant has been guilty of an offense constituting a ground for divorce,
Royal Courts of Justice
buildings for bringing together into one place 'all the superior Courts of Law and Equity, the Probate and Divorce Courts and the court of Admiralty' recommended by a Royal Commission in 1858 was authorized by Parliament in
Satisfied on the evidence
Satisfied on the evidence, these words 'satisfied on evidence' in s. 14 of the Divorce Act 1869, imply that it is the duty of Court to pronounce a decree when it is satisfied
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Cruelty
Divroce; and see HUSBAND AND WIFE, and ANIMALS. Since 1923 cruelty is no longer a necessary elementin a divorce petition by a woman; see (English) Judicature Act, 1925, s. 176, which displaces the (English) Matrimonial Causes Act,
Proctor
s. 69, awarded compensation to the proctors, and admitted them to practise, not only in the Probate and Divorce Courts, but also in the Courts of Equity and Common Law. The Solicitors Act, 1877, s. 17, allows
Impotence
of nullity of marriage. See NULLITY OF MARRIAGE. As to 'Oath of Calumny' (q.v.) in Scottish actions of divorce and nullity, see (English) Court of Session Act, 1830 (11 Geo. 4 & 1 Will. 4, c. 69),
Income
Act, 1914, P. Veerasamy v. Official Assignee, (1999) 2 SCC 505. Maintenance ordered to be paid by the Divorce Division to a bankrupt wife during the joint lives of herself and her former husband, was held to
Intervention
peculiar to the Ecclesiastical and Admiralty Courts. It is now practised in actions or suits in the Probate, Divorce, and Admiralty Division of the High Court. An intervener must take the cause as he finds it at
petitioner
petitioner Often, the person who initiates divorce or marriage dissolution proceedings, also called the plaintiff.
tenancy
rights of survivorship inherent in joint tenancy and that becomes a tenancy in common in the event of divorce [property subject to a tenancy by the entirety cannot be encumbered by one tenant acting alone "Mays v.
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