Maintenance Effect On Divorce - Law Dictionary Search Results
custody
supervision and control over property that usually includes liability for damage that may occur b : care and maintenance of a child that includes the right to direct the child's activities and make decisions regarding the child's … 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
Adultery
himself had committed adultery and was the first offender, but now see the very full powers of granting maintenance and alimony which the Court has by virtue of the (English) Judicature Act, 1925 (15 & 16 Geo. … which has sometimes been called double. By the (English) Matrimonial Causes Act, 1857, which created a Court for Divorce and Matrimonial Causes (superseding the Ecclesiastical Court) which would grant to the innocent party a divorce a mensa
Residence
transitory. Even when qualified by the word 'ordinarily' the word 'resident' would not result in construction having the effect of a particular place for dwelling always or on permanent uninterrupted basis. Thus understood, even the requirement of … marked with a considerable measure of continuance, Paster J.S. Singh v. Jyotsana Singh, AIR 1982 MP 122 [See Divorce Act, 1869, s. 3(3)] Residence, is generally understood as referring to a person in connection with the place
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cause
cause 1 : something that brings about an effect or result [the negligent act which was the of the plaintiff's injury] NOTE: The cause of an injury … a ground of a legal action [tortious conduct is not a of divorce embraced within the statutory cause of cruel and inhuman treatment "Case & … an excuse for an act under the law [unable to show good cause for failure to pay child support] [neglect of duty is good cause for removal of a trustee] just cause 1 : cause that a
Desertion
that the deserted spouse was throughout the four years desirous of co-habitation, and ready to renew it. Rayden on Divorce which is a standard work on the subject at p. 128 (6th Edn.) has summarised the case-law on
Judge
by s. 5 of the (English) Jud. Act, 1875 (replaced by Jud. Act, 1925, s. 12), repeating in effect a provision of the Act of Settlement (12 & 13 Wm. 3, c. 2), that the judges of … (English) Supreme Court of Judicature (Amendment) Act, 1935 (25 Geo. 5, c. 2), s. 1. In the Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division there is the President and two judges. In the Court of Appeal, in addition to
Necessaries
that an infant is bound to pay a reasonable price for such necessary things as relate to his maintenance and education--as food, lodging, apparel, medical attendance, schooling and instruction--unless credit be given solely to the parent, which … prudent man would have ordered himself if present; and the amount due may be recovered in the Probate, Divorce, and Admiralty Division of the High Court of Justice, or, if the sum does not exceed 150l., in
Marriage settlement
exercise the powers conferred notwithstanding that there are no children of the marriage. See DIVORCE; Browne and Watts on Divorce; Dixon on Divorce. In Scotland, the legal rights of spouses and children may be defeated by an ante-nuptial … law of real property to that of personalty as far as possible, marriage settlements of land (not being effected by way of trust for sale), and if providing for infant or for a succession of interests in
Mahr (dower)
is prompt or deferred is clearly not a contemplated quantification of a sum of money in lieu of maintenance upon divorce, Fuzlunbi v. K. Khader Vali, AIR 1980 SC 1730: (1980) 4 SCC 125: (1980) 3 SCR … Syed Mahmood, maher is 'not the exchange or consideration 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
Marriage
licenses, neither misnomer, even by concurrence of both parties, nor fraud or perjury in obtaining the license, will effect the validity of the subsequent marriage, Bevan v. Macmahon, (1861) 30 LJ P&M 61. As to consent of … 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
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