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CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.
OF MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE GENERALLY.
1. Marriage a civil contract, apart from Scriptural declarations.
2. Solemnity of the marriage vows.
3. Marriage naturally indissoluble in certain cases.
4. Cases in which the natural law admits of Divorce
5. Natural causes of irreconcileable differences between married
couples.
6. Classification of married persons.
7. Dissolution by voluntary consent should be allowed.
8. Scriptural obligations in reference to Divorce.
9. The civil law-adultery the foundation of relief.
10. Early exercise by Parliament of the power of Divorce.
11. Irish suitors must proceed in England for relief.
12. Administration of the law of Divorce in Scotland.
13. Divorce by mutual consent allowed in Prussia.
14. Divorces in France-the Roman Catholic doctrines.
15. Voluntary separations intended to be provided for by the new
law.
16. Marriage the basis of proceedings for Divorce.
17. The fact must be tried with reference to the laws where the
marriage took place.
18. The ancient law of marriage in Ireland.
19. The existing law of marriage in Ireland.
20. The law of marriage in England.
21. The Scotch law-marriage by mere consent.
22. Gretna Green marriages.
23. The intention must be to marry, or a marriage will not be
constituted.
24. Marriage “ by habit and repute."
CHAPTER II.
THE NEW LAW.
DIVORCE PROCEEDINGS BY THE HUSBAND.
1. Divorce, legal meaning of the term.
2. Husband may petition Court; adulterer to pay the costs.
3. Court empowered to make deoree.
4. Different footing of adultery by wife and by husband.
5. Adultery by wife entitles husband to decree, if not barred.
6. Eleven Bars to remedy enumerated.
7. Ist Bar, being accessory to the adultery, defined and ex-
plained.
8. 2nd Bar, connivance, defined and explained.
9. 3rd Bar, collusion, defined and explained.
10. 4th Bar, condonation, defined and explained.
11. Four preceding bars peremptory-seven following discre-
tionary.
12. 5th Bar, recrimination, defined and explained.
13. 6th Bar, cruelty, defined and explained.
14. 7th Bar, desertion defined and explained.
15. 8th Bar, wilful separation, defined and explained.
16. 9th Bar, wilful neglect, defined and explained.
17. 10th Bar, misconduct, defined and explained.
18. 11th Bar, unreasonable delay, explained
CHAPTER III.
DIVORCE-PROCEEDINGS BY THE WIFE
1. Wife may petition for incestuous adultery alone.
2. Husband bound to bear expenses.
2. Other offences necessary when adultery not incestuous.
4. Nature of the offences.
5. Cruelty explained.
6. Cruelty provoked meets no redress.
7. Desertion explained.
8. Recapitulation of wives' rights.
9. Bars to her remedy.
10. Condonation less stringent against wife.
11. Decree to be pronounced-in what event.
CHAPTER IV.
PROCEEDINGS-PETITION-ANSWERS-EVIDENCE.
1. Proceedings must commence by petition.
2. Form of petition and general requisites.
3, Adulterer to be correspondent to husband's petition,
4. Husband's concubine need not be co-respondent to wife's
petition.
5. Reasons for the distinction.
6. Affidavit to be filed with petition-reasons for requiring
contents.
7. Must be sworn at Westminster.
8. Citation issues when petition and affidavit filed.
9. Served with copy petition on respondent and co-respondent,
10. Application to Court if service cannot be effected.
11. Court most unwilling to dispense with service.
12. Respondent to file answer in 21 days.
13. Form of answer and contents.
14. Petitioner and respondent may file further pleadings.
15. Questions of fact may be tried by a jury.
16. Trial-how proceeded with.
17. Alimony allowed to wife, pending suit.
18. Proof requisite to support averment of adultery.
19. Confession of either party sufficient.
20. Duty imposed upon the Court.
CHAPTER V.
DECREE DISSOLVING MARRIAGE-ITS EFFECT,
RE-MARRIAGE-CUSTODY OF CHILDREN_PROPERTY AND
MAINTENANCE.
1. Decree of divorce—when pronounced.
2. Marriage tie dissolved effectually as by death.
3. Time within which parties cannot re-marry.
4. When they can re-marry-wife's maiden name.
5. Liberty of marriage extends to all parties.
6. The custody of children.
7. The rights of the father—the mother's claim.
8. Power of the Lord Chancellor.
9. Jurisdiction given to the Judges of New Court.
10. Effects of decree as to property.
11. Legal difficulties will arise.
12. Childrens' rights not affected.
13. Court may order re-settlement of wife's separate property.
14. Damages obtained from adulterer may be settled.
15. Provision to be made for wife.
16. Provision to be made for children.
CHAPTER VII.
JUDICIAL SEPARATION_PROTECTION OF WIFE'S
EARNINGS.
1. Judicial separation similar to divorce a mensa et thoro.
2. To be applied for by petition.
3. Decree to be granted.
4. Alimony to wife-maintenance of children.
5. Custody of children, &c.
6. Grounds for obtaining judicial separation.
7. Bars to the remedy.
8. Wife's new social status.
9. She must sue and be sued as a feme sole.
10. Husband not liable for her acts or contracts.
11. Decree may be reversed.
12. Appeal to full Court.
13. Protection of wife's earnings-Order, &c.
14. Reversal of order.
CHAPTER VI.
SUITS OF NULLITY AND JACTITATION OF
MARRIAGE.
1. Power of Court to make decree.
2. Petition may be presented.
3. Proceedings same as on petition for divorce.
4. Decree-children made illegitimate.
5. Void marriages.
6. Marriages only voidable.
7. Who may institute suit.
8. Jactitation of marriage.
CHAPTER VIII.
RESTITUTION OF CONJUGAL RIGHTS.
1. Husband and wife living separate without cause.
2, Petition for Restituiion of conjugal rights.
3. Bars to the remedy.
4. The decree-its effect.