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A mensa et thoro
A mensa et thoro. (From table and bed.) A term used to describe a partial divorce, in cases in which the marriage was just and lawful, but for some supervenient cause, such as the … other. A decree of judicial separation has been substituted for this kind of divorce by the Matrimonial Causes Act, 1857 (20 & 21 Vict., c. 85), s. 7, now repealed and replaced by the Judicature Act, 1925,
Wife
SC 644: (1988) 1 SCC 530: (1988) 2 SCR 809. It means a Parsi wife. [Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act, 1936 (3 of 1936), s. 2 (9)] Clause (b) of the Explanation to s. 125(1), provides that 'wife'
Matrimonial causes
were formerly a branch of the ecclesiastical jurisdiction, but were transferred to the jurisdiction of the Court for Divorce and Matrimonial Causes (now a branch of the High Court of Justice) by 20 & 21 Vict. c. … of the High Court of Justice) by 20 & 21 Vict. c. 85. 'Matrimonial cause' now means any action for divorce, nullity of marriage, judicial separation, jactitation of marriage or restitution of conjugal rights. (Judicature Act,1925, s.
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Maintenance-effect on divorce
Matched in: Term Maintenance-effect on divorce
Husband and wife
mar-riage are regulated by the (English) Matrimonial Causes Acts, 1925 and 1937, and the Judicature Act, 1925. See DIVORCE and MATRIMONIAL CAUSES. Proceedings of husband and wife against each other in respect of property are regulated by
Co-respondent
Co-respondent, the man charged with adultery. The (English) Judicature Act, 1925, s. 177,enacts that on a petition for divorce presented by the husband or in the answer of a husband praying for divorce, the petitioner or respondent,
Court
(39 of 1987), s. 2 (1) (aaa)] It means a court constituted under this Act. [Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act, 1936 (3 of 1936), s. 2 (2)] It means the High Court or the District Court, as the … 1936), s. 2 (2)] It means the High Court or the District Court, as the case may be. [Divorce Act, 1869 (4 of 1869), s. 3 (4)] It means the principal Civil Court of original jurisdiction in a
Marriage has been dissolved by decree of divorce
Matched in: Term Marriage has been dissolved by decree of divorce
Accessory to adultery
Accessory to adultery, a phrase used in the law of divorce, and derived from the criminal law. It implies more than connivance, which is merely knowledge with consent. A … other party to the marriage cannot obtain a divorce on the ground of such adultery, (English) Matrimonial Causes Act, 1857 (20 & 21 Vict. C. 85), ss. 29, 31. See Browne on Divorce.
Satisfied on the evidence
Satisfied on the evidence, these words 'satisfied on evidence' in s. 14 of the Divorce Act 1869, imply that it is the duty of Court to pronounce a decree when it is satisfied that … a matrimonial offence, Earnist John White v. Kathleen Olive White, AIR 1958 SC 441 (444): (1958) SCR 1410. (Divorce Act, 1869, ss. 14, 7)
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