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Annulment

act of nullifying or making void. A judicial or ecclesiastical declaration that a marriage is void. Unlike a divorce, an annulment establishes that marital status never existed in law, Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 89.

separate

: to cause the separation of vi : to undergo a separation [the couple separated last year] compare divorce

separation agreement

child support, or other matters in the separation of a married couple [incorporated the separation agreement into the divorce decree]

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Dissolution of Marriage

Dissolution of Marriage. See DIVORCE.

annul

annul an·nulled an·nul·ling 1 : to declare (a marriage) to have never validly existed compare divorce 2 a : to make legally void b : to declare to no longer have legal effect

Divorcement

Dissolution of the marriage tie divorce separation

divorce

Matched in: Term divorce

Divorce

Matched in: Term Divorce

Vinculo matrimonii, Divorce a

Matched in: Term Vinculo matrimonii, Divorce a

no-fault divorce

Matched in: Term no-fault divorce

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