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Satisfied on the evidence

it is satisfied that the case has been proved beyond reasonable doubt as to the commission of a matrimonial offence, Earnist John White v. Kathleen Olive White, AIR 1958 SC 441 (444): (1958) SCR 1410. (Divorce Act,

Judgment

in general use in the Court of Chancery. The expression 'Judg-ment,' however, is now used generally except in matrimonial causes, the term 'judgment' including 'decree' [(English) Jud. Act, 1925, s. 225, replacing Jud. Act,1873, s. 100]. The

Jactitation

a rare proceeding, may still be brought in the Divorce Court by the express terms of the (English) Matrimonial Causes Act,1857 (20 & 21 Vict. c. 85), s. 6 (replaced by (English) Judicature Act, 1925, s. 21),

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High Court of Justice

of Exchequer; (5) The Court of Admiralty; (6) The Court of Probate; (7) The Court for Divorce and Matrimonial Causes; (8) The Court of Common Pleas at Lancaster; (9) The Court of Pleas at Durham; (10) The

Co-respondent

the same principles and manner as actions for criminal conversation were tried before the commencement of the (English) Matrimonial Causes Act, 1857 (partly repealed), and the provision of that Act with reference to the hearing and decision

Conjugal

Belonging to marriage suitable or appropriate to the marriage state or to married persons matrimonial connubial

Accessory to adultery

of the other party to the marriage cannot obtain a divorce on the ground of such adultery, (English) Matrimonial Causes Act, 1857 (20 & 21 Vict. C. 85), ss. 29, 31. See Browne on Divorce.

Habitual Residence

Mark v. Mark, (2003) 3 WLR 111 UKHL; Ikimi v. Ikimi, (2002) Fam 72 [See (English) Domicile and Matrimonial Proceedings Act, 1973, s. 5(2)], Collins v. Secretary of State for Work and Pension, (2006) 1 WLR 2391

Assize, or assise

acting under a commission of assize or any other commission issued under this section, to try and determine matrimonial causes of any class prescribed by the Lord Chancellor with the concurrence of the Lord Chief Justice and

Bill in Parliament

supply bills, etc.; or (3) private, as bills settling estate, divorce bills (rendered generally unnecessary by the (English) Matrimonial Causes Act, 1857), and naturalization bills. All three kinds formerly required the assent of Sovereign, Lords, and Commons,

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