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Iddat

Iddat, means the time of probation which a divorced woman or widow must wait before she marries again in order to determine whether she is pregnant, is

Marriage

husband or wife was alive at the time of the second marriage will invalidate it. Persons who are divorced may marry again after the decree is made absolute. as to this, and as to how far the

Widow

s. 23J] Means a woman who has lost her husband by death, and has no application to a divorced woman where husband and wife are divorced, the wife after husband's death is not his widow and entitled

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Cui ante divortium

Cui ante divortium (to whom before divorce). A writ for a woman divorced from her husband to recover her lands and tenements which she had

Tail after possibility of issue extinct, Tenant in

an estate be given to husband and wife, and the heirs of their bodies, should they afterwards be divorced causa pr'contractus vel consanguinitatis vel affinitatis, their estate is converted into a joint estate for life, and not

Mala fide exercise of power

or removing them from the place might be mistaken. Their act was necessarily 'mala fide' and so entirely divorced from or unconnected with the discharge of their duty that it was an independent act maliciously done or

Iddat period

Iddat period, means in the case of a divorced woman,-- (i) three menstrual courses after the date of divorce, if she is subject to menstruation; and (ii)

Hindu undivided family

undivided family, A Hindu undivided family is a fleeting body. Its composition changes by births, deaths, marriages and divorces. Such a partnership is likely to have a precarious existence, Messrs Agarwal and Co. v. Commissioner of Income-tax,

Earned

Earned, the term cannot be divorced from that of income accruing to the assessee, E.D. Sassoon and Co. Ltd. v. Commissioner of Income Tax,

custody

and make decisions regarding the child's upbringing compare visitation joint custody : custody of a child shared by divorced or separated parents who alternate physical custody of and share in decisions regarding the child called also shared

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