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Separation of powers
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Divorcive
Having power to divorce tending to divorce … Having power to divorce tending to divorce
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Municipal corporation
Municipal corporation. A body of persons in a town having the powers of acting as one person, of holding and transmitting property, and of regulating the government of the town. … 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,
Husband and wife
but the husband's liability ceased if, while the action was pending and before judgment, an order for judicial separation was obtained, Cuenod v. Leslie, (1909) 1 KB 880. As to torts in respect of which the husband
Court
as such are subject to the overriding jurisdiction of this court under Art. 136 of the Constitution. Their powers are derived from the statute that creates them and they have to function within the limits imposed there … (39 of 1987), s. 2 (1) (aaa)] It means a court constituted under this Act. [Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act, 1936 (3 of 1936), s. 2 (2)] It means the High Court or the District Court, as
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;
Divorce
made by decree of court for lawful cause arising after the marriage (distinguished from annulment); (c) a formal separation of man and wife by the act of one party or by consent according to established custom. As ordinarily
County palatine
The counties palatine are nowin the hands of the Crown: the jurisdiction of Durham is vested, as a separate franchise and royalty, in the Crown, by 6 & 7 Wm. 4, c. 19; Lancaster was vested in … the last was created by Edward III. The Bishop of Durham and the Duke of Lancaster had royal power within their respective counties. They could pardon treasons, murders, and felonies; they appointed judges and magistrates; all writs
Prize Court
is a mere civil tribunal. The old Court of Admiralty had in fact from very ancient times two separate and distinct jurisdictions--the Instance Jurisdiction and the Prize Jurisdiction, though the real origin of the latter is wrapped
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