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Prize Court
Westminster, 1931. Subject to rules of Court all jurisdiction as a Prize Court is assigned to the Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division of the High Court [Jud. Act, 1925, s. 56 (3)]. The procedure and practice in
Conjugal rights
to each other's society. The suit for restitution of conjugal rights is a matrimonial suit, cognizable in the Divorce court, which is brought whenever either the husband or wife is guilty of the injury of subtraction, or
Divorceless
Incapable of being divorced or separated free from divorce
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spousal support or maintenance
support or maintenance Financial payments made to help support a spouse or former spouse during separation or following divorce. Also called alimony.
qualifying event
coverage (as for six months) NOTE: Qualifying events for continuation of group health insurance coverage include the death, divorce, or legal separation of the employee, termination from employment for a reason other than gross misconduct, reduction in
postnuptial agreement
between spouses regarding the division of marital property and that is usually formulated in contemplation of separation or divorce
custody
and make decisions regarding the child's upbringing compare visitation joint custody : custody of a child shared by divorced or separated parents who alternate physical custody of and share in decisions regarding the child called also shared
Bill in Parliament
only, as railway construction bills, water or gas supply bills, etc.; or (3) private, as bills settling estate, divorce bills (rendered generally unnecessary by the (English) Matrimonial Causes Act, 1857), and naturalization bills. All three kinds formerly
Matrimonial Causes Acts, 1857-1923; 1925 and 1937 (English)
Causes Acts, 1937, for these collective titles; see the Acts, and consult Browne and Watts or Dixon on Divorce.
Marriage with another woman
Marriage with another woman, mean marriage of any person, being married, to any other person, during the life of the former wife, whether the second marriage shall have taken place within India or elsewhere. [Divorce Act,...
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