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Decree nisi

or for nullity of marriage shall, in the first instance, be a decree nisi not to be made absolute until after the expiration of six months from the pronouncing thereof, unless the Court by general or special

relative

relative 1 : not absolute 2 in the civil law of Louisiana : having or allowing some legal effect [a impediment] [a simulation] … civil law of Louisiana : having or allowing some legal effect [a impediment] [a simulation] see also relative nullity at nullity rel·a·tive·ly adv

Void

of England, 4th Edn., (Re-issue), Vol. 1(1), para 26, p. 31. Void, has a relative rather than an absolute meaning. It only conveys the Idea that the order is invalid or illegal. It can be avoided. There … be null and void for all purposes; and it has been said that there are no degrees of nullity. Even though such an act is wrong and lacking in jurisdiction, however, it subsists and remains fully effective

Widow

has gone through the ceremony of marriage, but with regard to whom she had obtained a declaration of nullity of marriage is not his widow, Stroud's Judicial Dictionary, 5th Edn., Vol. 5, p. 2853. Widow, is a … husband or wife (with or without issue) the surviving husband or wife shall take the personal chattels (q.v.) absolutely and in addition the residuary estate of the intestate shall stand charged with the payment of a net

Marriage

the second marriage will invalidate it. Persons who are divorced may marry again after the decree is made absolute. as to this, and as to how far the English law recognizes foreign divorces, see DIVORCE. Lunacy existing … 217. Previous to 1753 the validity of marriage was regulated by ecclesiastical law, not touched by any statutory nullity but modified by the Common law Courts, which sometimes interfered with the Ecclesiastical Courts, by prohibition, sometimes themselves

Uses

wardship, relief, and forfeiture for treason or felony. In fact, he was treated at Common Law as the absolute tenant of the fee. (8) A use, being but the creature of equity, could not have been taken … the statute could only operate upon one use, and where another use was superadded it was a mere nullity, since it was an interest unknown to the Common Law before the statute. This doctrine and its consequences

King's proctor

official capacity he cannot intervene to show cause against a decree nisi for dissolution of marriage being made absolute without the leave of the Court, Gray v. Gray, (1861) 30 LJP&M 96. In the case of an … Court. In proper cases it is his duty to intervene in petitions for dissolution or for declaration of nullity of marriage to defeat collusion or the suppression of material facts. In his official capacity he cannot intervene

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