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Prize Court

Westminster, 1931. Subject to rules of Court all jurisdiction as a Prize Court is assigned to the Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division of the High Court [Jud. Act, 1925, s. 56 (3)]. The procedure and practice in

Property

shall be deemed to be the time at which any such wife becomes entitled as executrix or administratix. [Divorce Act, 1869 (8 of 1869), s. 3 (10)] Means property of any kind, whether movable or immovable, tangible or

District Court

under this Act the marriage was solemnized or, the husband and wife reside or last resided together. [Indian Divorce Act, 1869, s. 3 (3)] District Court means, in any area for which there is a city civil court,

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Private Acts of Parliament

Private Acts of Parliament, Acts operating upon particular persons and private concerns, as Naturalization Acts, Divorce Acts, and Change of Name Acts. They are generally not printed, but copies of them can be obtained … Private Acts of Parliament, Acts operating upon particular persons and private concerns, as Naturalization Acts, Divorce Acts, and Change of

Impotence

of nullity of marriage. See NULLITY OF MARRIAGE. As to 'Oath of Calumny' (q.v.) in Scottish actions of divorce and nullity, see (English) Court of Session Act, 1830 (11 Geo. 4 & 1 Will. 4, c. 69),

Sodomy

coital, cornal copulation with a member of the same or opposite sex, AIR 1962 Kant 46 (48). [(Indian) Divorce Act, 1869, s. 10**] 1. Oral or anal copulation between humans, esp. those of same sex 2. Oral or

Administrator

dying intestate, or without executors appointed, accepting, or surviving, is committed by the Probate Court (now the Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division of the High Court of Justice). (English) Supreme Court of Judicature (Consolidation) Act, 1925, s.

Impotent, Impotency

institution of the pro-ceedings. Impotency means incapacity to consum-mate the marriage and not merely incapacity for procreation (Indian Divorce Act, s. 19). In order to entitle the appellant to obtain a decree of nullity, as prayed for by

Within

Union of India, AIR 2001 SC 3958 (3969): (2001) 7 SCC 740. [Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce Act, 1986, s. 3(1)(a)]

Husband

Husband, means a Parsi husband. [Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act, 1936 (3 of 1936) s. 2(5)] A married man; a man who has a lawful wife living, Black's

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