A Handy Book on the New Law of Divorce & Matrimonial Causes ...Davis & Son, 1860 - 117 pages |
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Page 7
... tion of the law gives satisfaction to all . Notwith- standing the great facilities afforded , the number of divorces is very limited . In five years , from 1836 to 1841 , the total was 95 - being 19 in each year ; of the 1 " From bed ...
... tion of the law gives satisfaction to all . Notwith- standing the great facilities afforded , the number of divorces is very limited . In five years , from 1836 to 1841 , the total was 95 - being 19 in each year ; of the 1 " From bed ...
Page 10
... tion of banns , or the obtaining of license to dispense with them ; the performance of a religious ceremony at a particular time and place ; and , when the parties were under age , the consent of their guardians . Which requirements are ...
... tion of banns , or the obtaining of license to dispense with them ; the performance of a religious ceremony at a particular time and place ; and , when the parties were under age , the consent of their guardians . Which requirements are ...
Page 16
... tion is presented , or prosecuted in collusion . But the Court shall not be bound to pronounce such decree if it shall find that the petitioner has , during the marriage , been guilty of adultery , or if the petitioner shall , in the ...
... tion is presented , or prosecuted in collusion . But the Court shall not be bound to pronounce such decree if it shall find that the petitioner has , during the marriage , been guilty of adultery , or if the petitioner shall , in the ...
Page 20
... tion of the term condonation has , for the first time , been given . The question came before the Court upon appeal from the decision of the learned Judge . Ordi- 1 Legrand v . Legrand , 2 Craigie and St. , Scotch Rep . 596 . 2 Timmings ...
... tion of the term condonation has , for the first time , been given . The question came before the Court upon appeal from the decision of the learned Judge . Ordi- 1 Legrand v . Legrand , 2 Craigie and St. , Scotch Rep . 596 . 2 Timmings ...
Page 24
... tion . Surely , if that proposition were admitted , every species of artifice would be resorted to by the wife and her friends in cases of this kind to extract from the injured party the words which were to have such a powerful effect ...
... tion . Surely , if that proposition were admitted , every species of artifice would be resorted to by the wife and her friends in cases of this kind to extract from the injured party the words which were to have such a powerful effect ...
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Common terms and phrases
act of adultery admissions affidavit aforesaid alimony alleged answer appear application attorney circumstances citation co-respondent cohabitation collusion committed adultery condonation connivance consent contract copy Court for Divorce Court of Chancery Court of Probate declarations defence defined and explained desertion diem dissolved divorce a mensa Divorce and Matrimonial Ecclesiastical Court England entitled evidence fact filed folio of seventy-two forgiveness Gretna Green ground Hagg House of Lords husband injury Ireland Jactitation Judge Judge-Ordinary judicial separation jury Keats Lord Chancellor Lord Stowell Macq Majesty's Court married Matrimonial Causes mensa et thoro misconduct nature necessary obtained offence Ordinary Parliament person petition petitioner præcipe proceed proceedings proctor proof reasonable reference registrar registry remedy respondent Rules Scotland seventy-two words solemn solicitor statute subpoena subpoena duces tecum suit summons thereof tion trial twentieth and twenty-first twenty-first Victoria unreasonable delay wife wife's wilful neglect witnesses
Popular passages
Page 66 - Court may from time to time, before making its final decree, make such interim orders, and may make such provision 1n the final decree, as it may deem just and proper with respect to the custody, maintenance, and education of the children...
Page 65 - Provided always, that the court shall not be bound to pronounce such decree if it shall find that the petitioner has during the marriage been guilty of adultery, or if the petitioner shall, in the opinion of the court, have been guilty of unreasonable delay in presenting or prosecuting such petition, or of cruelty towards the other party to the marriage, or of having deserted or wilfully separated himself or herself from the other party before the adultery complained of, and without reasonable excuse,...
Page 88 - ... is hereby required, within forty-eight hours from the last-mentioned hour, to admit that such of the said documents as are specified to be originals were respectively written, signed, or executed, as they purport respectively to have been...
Page 8 - ... or of having deserted or wilfully separated himself or herself from the other party before the adultery complained of, and without reasonable excuse, or of such wilful neglect or misconduct as has conduced to the [respondent's] adultery".
Page 64 - In every case of a judicial separation the wife shall from the date of the sentence, and whilst the separation shall continue, be considered as a feme sole with respect to property of every description which she may acquire, or which may come to or devolve upon her...
Page 34 - The only general rule that can be laid down upon the subject is, that the circumstances must be such as would lead the guarded discretion of a reasonable and just man to the conclusion...
Page 15 - I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.
Page 78 - Ireland, or the Channel Islands, or in any colony, island, plantation or place under the dominion of Her Majesty in foreign parts, before any Judge, Court, Notary Public or person lawfully authorised to administer oaths...
Page 82 - ... the cause or matter may be, unless at the trial or hearing the court or a judge shall certify that the refusal to admit was reasonable; and no costs of proving any document shall be allowed unless such notice be given, except where the omission to give the notice is, in the opinion of the taxing officer, a saving of expense.
Page 83 - No affidavit shall be read or made use of in any matter depending in Court in the jurat of which there shall be any interlineation or erasure.