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several

several [Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin separalis, from Latin separ separate] 1 a : of or relating separately to each individual involved ;specif : enforceable

A mensa et thoro

for them to live together. This divorce was effected by sentence of the Ecclesiastical Court. It caused the separation of the husband and wife, but did not dissolve the marriage, so that neither of them could marry

Marriage settlement

the Divorce Court is empowered, in cases where a marriage has been dissolved, or a sentence of judicial separation has been pronounced, on the ground of the wife's adultery, to order such settlement, as it shall think

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Matrimonial causes

20 & 21 Vict. c. 85. 'Matrimonial cause' now means any action for divorce, nullity of marriage, judicial separation, jactitation of marriage or restitution of conjugal rights. (Judicature Act,1925, s. 225) See CONJUGAL RIGHTS; DIVORCE; NULLITY; ADULTERY;

Sale price

than the cost of freight or delivery of the cost of installation in case where such cost is separately charged and the expression 'purchase price' shall be construed accordingly, Shree Gopal Industries Ltd. v. State of Rajasthan,

Iddat period

Iddat period, means in the case of a divorced woman,-- (i) three menstrual courses after the date of divorce, if she is subject to menstruation; and (ii) three lunar months after her divorce, if she is...

Municipal corporation

as provided by statute for any of these purposes. In most of the larger boroughs there is a separate commission of the peace, excluding the jurisdiction of the county justices, and a separate Court of Quarter Sessions,

Mahr (dower)

Mahr (dower), Mahr (dower) is neither dowry nor price for marriage: As explained in an old judgment by Justice Syed Mahmood, maher is 'not the exchange or consideration given by the man to the woman, but...

Flat

Flat. A set of rooms on one floor of a house usually let unfurnished in many separate flats, which for all legal purposes are separate houses. For the purposes of the Housing Act, 1936, defined

sever

of time, title, possession, or interest (as by conveying one tenant's interest to another party) 2 : to separate (as a contract) into different parts (as independent obligations) in order to treat each separately 3 a :

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