Husbandable - Law Dictionary Search Results
Mahr (dower)
given by the man to the woman, but an effect of the contract imposed by law on the husband as a token of respect for its subject: the Woman'. Giving a correct appraisal of the concept of
Paraphernalia
Paraphernalia [fr. pap', Gk., beyond; and fer'h, dower], jewellery and ornaments which a husband has given to his wife before or during marriage. Whether these were meant to be absolute gifts or
Marriage
worked great evil and injustice; e.g., a marriage was dissolved after twenty-two-years' cohabitation and numerous issue by the husband proving that he was a minor at the time of his marriage, though he then swore he was
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Entireties, tenancy by
said to be seized of the whole estate, and neither of a part. The consequence was, that the husband's con-veyance alone would not have had any effect against his wife surviving him. The husband being seised of
Magna Carta
improper or unequal marriage. The 7th chapter concerns widows, and enacts that:-'A widow, after the death of her husband, incontinent, and without any difficulty, shall have her marriage, and her inheritance, and shall give nothing for her
Alimony
Alimony [fr. alimonia. Lat.], the allowance made to a wife out of her husband's estate for her support, either during a matrimonial suit or at its termination, when she proves herself entitled
Family
Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 620. In relation to an occupier, means the individual, the wife or husband, as the case may be, of such individual, and their children, brother or sister of such individual. [Child
Affinity
Affinity, relationship by marriage between the husband and the blood relations of the wife, and between the wife and the blood relations of the husband,
Desertion
Judicature Act, 1925, s. 185, by which a sentence of judicial separation may be obtained either by the husband or wife on the ground of desertion, without cause, for two years and upwards; and see (English) Matrimonial
Judicial separation
Judicial separation, granted either to husband or wife on the ground of adultery, cruelty, rape, sodomy, bestiality, non-compliance with a decree for restitution of
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