Judicial Separation - Law Dictionary Search Results
Matrimonial causes
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. 225) See CONJUGAL RIGHTS; DIVORCE; NULLITY; ADULTERY; … of marriage or restitution of conjugal rights. (Judicature Act,1925, s. 225) See CONJUGAL RIGHTS; DIVORCE; NULLITY; ADULTERY; MARRIAGE; JUDICIAL SEPARATION; HUSBAND AND WIFE; and ASSIZES; and consult Browne and Latey on Divorce
Cruelty
or wife [see forth v. Fort, (1867) 36 LJ P&M 122] as entitles the other party to a judicial separation by reason of danger to life or health. The communication of veneral diseaseis suchconduct, Browning v. Browning, 1911, … the commencement of this Act, may present a petition to the district court praying for a decree for judicial separation on the grounds that other party has treated the petitioner with such cruelty as to cause a reasonable
Marriage settlement
19(1), the Divorce Court is empowered, in cases where a marriage has been dissolved, or a sentence of judicial separation has been pronounced, on the ground of the wife's adultery, to order such settlement, as it shall think
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A mensa et thoro
the marriage, so that neither of them could marry during the life of the other. A decree of judicial separation has been substituted for this kind of divorce by the Matrimonial Causes Act, 1857 (20 & 21 Vict.,
legal separation
Matched in: Term legal separation
Mensa et thoro, Divorce a
Mensa et thoro, Divorce a. superseded by a judicial separation. See a MENSA ET THORO, and MARRIAGE.
decree
of decretus, past participle of decernere to decide] 1 : an order having the force of law [by judicial ] 2 : a judicial decision esp. in an equity or probate court ;broadly : judgment [divorce ]
Anticipation
instigated or consented to by a married woman. Property acquired by a married woman who has obtained a judicial separation or protection order while in force is not affected by the restraint, see Jud. Act, 1925, s. 1,
Legislation
easily discernible. Adjudication of the rights of the parties according to law enacted by the legislature is a judicial function. In the performance of this function, the court interprets and gives effect to the intent and mandate … a 'legislative' act and a 'judicial' act is well known, though in some specific instances the line which separates one category from the other may not be easily discernible. Adjudication of the rights of the parties according
Family
the subscriber is alive, a paternal grandparent: Provided that if a subscriber proves that his wife has been judicially separated from him or has ceased under the customary law of the community to which she belongs to … subscriber is alive, a paternal grandparent: Provided that if a subscriber proves that his wife has been judicially separated from him or has ceased under the customary law of the community to which she belongs to be
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