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Void decree, illegal decree

a court or an authority having no jurisdiction is a nullity. Validity of such decree or order can be challenged at

King's proctor

to intervene in petitions for dissolution or for declaration of nullity of marriage to defeat collusion or the suppression of material

Marriage settlement

Court may, after a final decree of divorce or for nullity of marriage, inquire into any ante-nuptial or post-nuptial settlements, and

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a pleading so defective that it is treated as a nullity; and through neglect, when perhaps he has no merits, but

In rem

of a ship in the Court of Admiralty; suits for nullity of marriage, etc. See INPERSO-NAM; ADMIRALTY; ss. 22 & 23

Impotent, Impotency

order to entitle the appellant to obtain a decree of nullity, as prayed for by him, he will have to establish

Illegal, incorrect or irregular decree and void decree

a court or an authority having no jurisdiction is a nullity. Validity of such decree or order can be challenged at

Forma non observata infertur adnullatio actus

observata infertur adnullatio actus, [Lat.], Form not being observed, a nullity of the act is inferred.

Divorce

grounds. See JUDICIAL SEPARATION. Additional grounds for a decree of nullity of marriage are: (a) refusal to consummate, (b) mental deficiency

Decree nisi

Act,1925, s. 183(1) every decree for a divorce or for nullity of marriage shall, in the first instance, be a decree

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