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Consummation

child. Consummation, (1) the completion of a thing; (2) the completion of a marriage between wedded persons by cohabitation. Consummation, defined in Black's Law Dictionary, 6th Edn., 'the completion of a thing; the completion of a marriage

Marriage

the requiring of consent not infrequently worked great evil and injustice; e.g., a marriage was dissolved after twenty-two-years' cohabitation and numerous issue by the husband proving that he was a minor at the time of his marriage,

Husband

I.P.C. The absence of a definition of 'husband' to specifically include such persons who contract marriages ostensibly and cohabit with such woman, in the purported exercise of their role and status as 'husband' is no ground to

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Cruelty

persistent cruelty to her, can leave and live apart from him, and shall be no longer bound to cohabit withhim. Consult Browne and Watts on Divroce; and see HUSBAND AND WIFE, and ANIMALS. Since 1923 cruelty is

Concubinage

was a concubine and not the wife, Britt. C. 107. The relationship of a man and woman, who cohabit without the benefit of marriage, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 285

miscegenate

to marry or cohabit with a person of another race

Habit and repute

and repute. By the law of Scotland marriage may be established by habit and repute where the parties cohabit and are at the same time held and reputed as man and wife, Bell's Law Dict.; see Dysart

Access and 'non-access'

'Access' and 'Non-access' mean the existence or non-existence of opportunities for sexual intercourse; it does not mean actual cohabitation, Gautam Kundu v. State of West Bengal, AIR 1993 SC 2295 (2301): (1993) 3 SCC 418. (Evidence Act,

Judicial separation

22 chapter V). A separation of husband and wife under orders of court which puts an end to cohabitation but not to marriage itself [Hindu Marriage Act, ss. 9(2) and 10(1)]

Husband and wife

living and belonging to a department of the household customarily managed by a wife: this presumption arises from cohabitation (see Jolly v. Rees, (1864) 15 CB (NS) 628). This presumption may be rebutted by proof that the

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