Related topics from Britannicadivorce
the act by which a valid marriage is dissolved, usually freeing the parties to remarry. In regions in which ancient religious authority still predominates, divorce may be difficult and rare, ...
get
Jewish document of divorce written in Aramaic according to a prescribed formula. Orthodox and Conservative Jews recognize it as the only valid instrument for severing a marriage bond. Rabbinic courts ...
civil law
Divorce was first introduced into France after the Revolution. It was made very easy and was even allowed by mutual agreement.family law
A marriage can terminate as a human relationship before it is dissolved by law. Quite often the court rulings as to property and the custody of children will merely confirm arrangements that have ...
Milton, John
Soon after these controversies, Milton became embroiled in another conflict, one in his domestic life. Having married Mary Powell in 1642, Milton was a few months afterward deserted by his wife, who ...
alimony
in divorce law, compensation owed by one spouse to the other for financial support after divorce. Alimony aims at support of the one spouse, not punishment of the other. In some places, the term ...
common law
The law of personal status (nationality, capacity, domicile, and so on) has been transformed by the advancement of the principle of equality of the sexes. In the area of divorce law, the intense ...
interlocutory decree
generally, a judicial decision that is not final or that deals with a point other than the principal subject matter of the controversy at hand. An interlocutory decree of divorce in the United ...
Soviet law
Almost immediately after the communist seizure of power, Soviet family law was completely secularized. Divorce became possible by unilateral declaration of husband or wife, and women were free to ...
Goldsmith, Olivia
American novelist (b. 1949, New York, N.Y.-d. Jan. 15, 2004, New York City), used her own bitter divorce experience as the basis of her best-known work, The First Wives Club (1992), in which three ...
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