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Illegal contract

felonies; maintenance or champerty, etc. A breach of promise of marriage by a married man pending divorce after decree nisi may be actionable, Fender v. Mildmay, (1937) 53 TLR 885. Illegality super-vening by act or change in the

Dissolve

an end to, cancel, abrogate, annul; applied to an injunction in Chancery; as discharge is to a rule nisi in Common Law. Dissolvo is the Latin for both verbs.

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Final decree or judgment

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Void decree, illegal decree

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Decree for money or other property

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Decree of affirmance

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Judgment decree or final order

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Attaching decree-holder

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