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Impotence

intercourse. Because an impotent husband cannot consummate a marriage, impotence has often been cited as a ground for annulment, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 760

Divisions of the High Court

Divisions of the High Court (see new Judicature Act, 1925, ss. 1-5). The High Court of Justice, crated by the Judicature Act, 1873 (36 & 37 Vict. c. 66). was by s. 31 of that Act,...

Divorced woman

Divorced woman, means a Muslim woman who was married according to Muslim law, and has been divorced by, or has obtained divorce from, her husband in accordance with Muslim law. [Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on...

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Decree nisi

Decree nisi. By the (English) Judicature Act,1925, s. 183(1) every decree for a divorce or for nullity of marriage shall, in the first instance, be a decree nisi not to be made absolute until after the...

Alimony

Alimony [fr. alimonia. Lat.], the allowance made to a wife out of her husband's estate for her support, either during a matrimonial suit or at its termination, when she proves herself entitled to a separate maintenance,...

Divorcive

Having power to divorce tending to divorce

reconcile

reconcile -ciled -cil·ing vt 1 a : to restore to harmony [reconciled the parties] [reconciled the marriage] b : to bring to resolution [ differences] 2 a : to check (a financial account) against another for...

property

property pl: -ties [Anglo-French propreté proprieté, from Latin proprietat- proprietas, from proprius own, particular] 1 : something (as an interest, money, or land) that is owned or possessed see also asset, estate, interest, possession abandoned property...

merger

merger 1 : the absorption of a lesser estate or interest into a greater one held by the same person compare confusion 2 : the incorporation and superseding of one contract by another 3 a :...

Court

Court, compensation officer appointed under (English) Bihar Land Reforms Act, 1950 is not a 'Court' within the meaning of s. 195(1)(b) of the Code of Criminal Procedure Code 1973, Keshab Moroyan Banerjee v. State of Bihar,...

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