Tag: Divorce

  • Divorce

    Introduction to Divorce Divorce, or dissolution, as it is increasingly becoming known, a legislatively created, judicially administered process that legally terminates a marriage no longer considered viable by one or both of the spouses and that permits both to remarry. Until the divorce […]

  • Abandonment

    Summary of Abandonment In domestic transportation, the termination of service by a common carrier over a given route; (2) the refusal, by a consignee, to accept delivery of a lot of cargo tendered for delivery; (3) in marine insurance, the act by which the owner of a vessel claims […]

  • Abandonment

    Summary of Abandonment In domestic transportation, the termination of service by a common carrier over a given route; (2) the refusal, by a consignee, to accept delivery of a lot of cargo tendered for delivery; (3) in marine insurance, the act by which the owner of a vessel claims […]

  • Adultery

    Adultery, voluntary sexual intercourse between a married person and someone other than the lawful spouse. (1) Description of Adultery Resources See Also Illicit cohabitation Resources See Also Fornication; Infidelity Adultery Divorce Resources Notes and References Encarta Online […]

  • Double Adultery

    Description of Double Adultery Resources See Also Adultery Divorce

  • Double Adultery

    Description of Double Adultery Resources See Also Adultery Divorce

  • Matrimonial Action

    Description of Matrimonial Action Resources See Also Divorce Marriage

  • Matrimonial Action

    Description of Matrimonial Action Resources See Also Divorce Marriage

  • Division of Agreements

    Division of Property, Alimony, and Prenuptial Agreements: Main Elements The coverage of Division of Property, Alimony, and Prenuptial Agreements includes the following element(s): Divorce For detailed information on this issue, please read the corresponding entry. References See Also Marriage […]

  • Division of Agreements

    Division of Property, Alimony, and Prenuptial Agreements: Main Elements The coverage of Division of Property, Alimony, and Prenuptial Agreements includes the following element(s): Divorce For detailed information on this issue, please read the corresponding entry. References See Also Marriage […]

  • Division of Property, Alimony, and Prenuptial Agreements

    References See Also Marriage Family Divorce

  • A Mensa Et Thoro

    Definition of A Mensa Et Thoro In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of A Mensa Et Thoro : (Latin) From board and bed. A decree of divorce a mensa et thoro was the forerunner of the modern judicial separation order. See also avinculo matrimonii. Description of […]

  • A Mensa Et Thoro

    Definition of A Mensa Et Thoro In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of A Mensa Et Thoro : (Latin) From board and bed. A decree of divorce a mensa et thoro was the forerunner of the modern judicial separation order. See also avinculo matrimonii. Description of […]

  • Divorce History

    Introduction to Divorce HistoryBefore 1857 in Britain, freedom to remarry could be obtained only by an act of Parliament following a separation decree given by an ecclesiastical court on the basis of some wrong (such as adultery or abandonment) done by the defendant to the plaintiff. This s…

  • Divorce in the World

    Introduction to Divorce in the WorldThe status of divorce in other nations varies, often depending on prevailing religious beliefs. Among Roman Catholics throughout the world, the traditional attitude is that a true marriage (one entered into as a religious sacrament) is indissoluble by leg…