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Cruelty
Cruelty, it is contemplated as a conduct of such type which endangers the living of the petitioner with the respondent. Cruelty consists of acts which are dangerous to life, limb or health. … 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,
Husband and wife
husband did not assent to his wife's contract. In the case of necessaries, where husband and wife are living together, the presumption is that the wife has the husband's authority to pledge his credit for necessaries suitable … wife's torts committed during covertures, and the aggrieved party was not limited in his remedy to the wife's separate estate, Earle v. Kingscote, (1900) 1 Ch 203, but the husband's liability ceased if, while the action was
Marriage
1888 (51 & 52 Vict. c. 28), validating marriages by G.F.W. Ellis, a sham parson who held a living. As to publication of banns or misnomers in surrogate's license, see above. In a notice to a registrar
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Necessaries
must pay a reasonable price therefor.' [(English) Sale of Goods Act, 1893, s. 2] While husband and wife live together, and goods supplied to the wife are necessaries, both in quality and quantity, the law raises a
Married women's property
(4) should so bind her after-acquired, as well as her existing, property; and (5) should, if trading, whether separately from her husband or not, be subject to the laws of bankruptcy as if she were a feme … and modifications:- 1) Her freehold estate became his to manage and take the profits of during the joint lives only. After his death, leaving her surviving, it passed to her absolutely; after her death, leaving him surviving,
Family
Oxford English Dictionary, 3rd Edn. the word 'Family' means the group consisting of parents and their children, whether living together or not; in wider sense, all those who are nearly connected by blood or affinity; a person's … 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
Domicile
has his home. By the term 'domicile,' in its ordinary acceptation, is meant the place where a person lives or has his home. In this sense the place where a person has his actual residence, inhabitancy, or … the parties must be domiciled in England or Wales, though in the case of a suit for judicial separation mere residence is sufficient, Armytage v. Armytage, 1898 P. 178. A decree annulling a marriage on the ground
Threats
or office of profit or trust, (1)publishes or threatens to publish any libel upon any other person whether living or dead; or (2)directly or indirectly threatens to print or publish or directly or indirectly proposes to abstain … by way of counterclaim in the action, for any relief to which he would be entitled in a separate action in respect of any infringement by the plaintiff of the patent to which the threats relate. By
will
which a person makes disposition of his or her estate to take effect after death see also codicil, living will, testament antenuptial will : a will that was executed by a person prior to that person's marriage … a joint will, but a joint will need not contain reciprocal provisions. mutual will : one of two separate wills that share reciprocal provisions for the disposition of property in the event of death by one of
trust
proceeds inter vivos trust : a trust that becomes effective during the lifetime of the settlor called also living trust compare testamentary trust in this entry investment trust : a business trust that is a closed-end investment … property compare passive trust in this entry alimony trust : a trust created often in accordance with a separation agreement in which property is transferred to the trust as a source of support for a divorced spouse
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