Living Separately - Law Dictionary Search Results
Spouse
former spouse because even after the divorce when a second marriage is contracted if the former spouse is living that would not prohibit the parties from contracting the marriage within the meaning of clause (i), sub-s. (1)
partnership
individuals rather than as an entity with a separate and independent existence. A partnership cannot exist beyond the lives of the partners. The partners are taxed as individuals and are personally liable for torts and contractual obligations. … person, a partnership is traditionally viewed as an association of individuals rather than as an entity with a separate and independent existence. A partnership cannot exist beyond the lives of the partners. The partners are taxed as
Income
SCC 505. Maintenance ordered to be paid by the Divorce Division to a bankrupt wife during the joint lives of herself and her former husband, was held to be 'income', Landau case, (1934) Ch 549 (554, 556):
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Seclusion
of secluding or the state of being secluded separation from society or connection a withdrawing privacy as to live in seclusion … The act of secluding or the state of being secluded separation from society or connection a withdrawing privacy as to live in seclusion
divorce
and that is granted usually on the grounds of an irretrievable breakdown or when husband and wife have lived apart for a statutorily specified period of time vb di·vorced di·vorc·ing vt 1 : to dissolve the marriage … (as property rights) and obligations (as fidelity) divorce a men·sa et tho·ro [-ā-men-sə-et-thȯr-ō, -Ä -men-sÄ -et-thō-rō] : a separation governed by a court order : legal separation divorce a vin·cu·lo mat·ri·mo·nii [-ā-vi-ky-lō-ma-trə-mō-nē-ī, -Ä -vi-kü-lō-mÄ -trē-mō-nē-ē] : absolute
Judicial separation
the conviction of the husband of aggravated assault, or on the ground of persistent cruelty, forcing her to live apart from him, or on the ground of his being an habitual drunkard [(English) Licensing Act, 1902, s. … Judicial separation, granted either to husband or wife on the ground of adultery, cruelty, rape, sodomy, bestiality, non-compliance with a
desertion
desertion : the forsaking of a person, post, or relationship: as a : permanent withdrawal from living with one's spouse without the spouse's consent and without cause or justification NOTE: Desertion is a ground for
Residence
Bhagwan Dass v. Kamal Abrol, AIR 2005 SC 2583. Residence, abode, or continuance. The act or fact of living in a given place for sometime, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1310. Residence must prima facie have
Desertion
refusing marital intercourse cannot allege 'desertion' by the husband 'without reasonable excuse' if in consequence he refuses to live with her, Synge v. Synge, 1901, P. 317. In Scotland, malicious desertion by one spouse of the other … for which the remedy is under (English) 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
Marriage, Promise of
410. A promise by a married man is not actionable, if the promisee knew he had a wife living at the time of the promise, Wilson v. Carnley, (1908) 1 KB 729. In the case of a
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