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Matrimonial causes

Matrimonial causes, suits for the redress of injuries respecting the rights of marriage. They were formerly a branch of the

but-for

but-for : of or relating to the necessary cause (as a negligent act) without which a particular result (as damage) would not have occurred [a but-for test

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dazed

stupefied conscious but unable to think clearly usually caused by a blow or other shock

Impedimentum dirimens, 'cause or impediment' to marriage which is not removed by the actual solemnisation of the rite, but continues in force and makes the marriage null and void (opposed to impedimentum impediens). See Sanchez de...

Cause of action

Matched in: Term Cause of action

cause

Matched in: Term cause

Desertion

of judicial separation may be obtained either by the husband or wife on the ground of desertion, without cause, for two years and upwards; and see (English) Matrimonial Causes Act, 1857 (20 & 21 Vict. c. 85),

Judgment

general use in the Court of Chancery. The expression 'Judg-ment,' however, is now used generally except in matrimonial causes, the term 'judgment' including 'decree' [(English) Jud. Act, 1925, s. 225, replacing Jud. Act,1873, s. 100]. The several

Malice

ill-will against a person, but in its legal sense it means a wrongful act done intentionally without just cause or excuse': Bayley, J., in Bromage v. Prosser, (1825) 4 B&C 255; and see McPherson v. Daniels, (1829)

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