divorce
v. end a marriage; cut off, banish; be separated n. legal dissolution of a marriage; formal separation of a husband and wife; separation, disunion divorcé n. (French) divorced man | ||||
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Divorce Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Divorce
(n.)
To separate or disunite; to sunder.
(n.)
To make away; to put away.
(n.)
To dissolve the marriage contract of, either wholly or partially; to separate by divorce.
(n.)
The separation of a married woman from the bed and board of her husband -- divorce a mensa et toro (/ thoro), "from bed board."
(n.)
The decree or writing by which marriage is dissolved.
(n.)
That which separates.
(n.)
Separation; disunion of things closely united.
(n.)
A legal dissolution of the marriage contract by a court or other body having competent authority. This is properly a divorce, and called, technically, divorce a vinculo matrimonii.
(n.)
To separate or disunite; to sunder.
(n.)
To make away; to put away.
(n.)
To dissolve the marriage contract of, either wholly or partially; to separate by divorce.
(n.)
The separation of a married woman from the bed and board of her husband -- divorce a mensa et toro (/ thoro), "from bed board."
(n.)
The decree or writing by which marriage is dissolved.
(n.)
That which separates.
(n.)
Separation; disunion of things closely united.
(n.)
A legal dissolution of the marriage contract by a court or other body having competent authority. This is properly a divorce, and called, technically, divorce a vinculo matrimonii.
| WordNet 2.0 |
divorce
Noun
1. the legal dissolution of a marriage
(synonym) divorcement
(hypernym) separation
(derivation) split up
(classification) law, jurisprudence
Verb
1. part; cease or break association with; "She disassociated herself from the organization when she found out the identity of the president"
(synonym) disassociate, dissociate, disunite, disjoint
(hypernym) separate, part, split up, split, break, break up
2. get a divorce; formally terminate a marriage; "The couple divorced after only 6 months"
(synonym) split up
(hypernym) separate, part, split up, split, break, break up
(entail) marry, get married, wed, conjoin, hook up with, get hitched with, espouse
(derivation) divorcement
Noun
1. the legal dissolution of a marriage
(synonym) divorcement
(hypernym) separation
(derivation) split up
(classification) law, jurisprudence
Verb
1. part; cease or break association with; "She disassociated herself from the organization when she found out the identity of the president"
(synonym) disassociate, dissociate, disunite, disjoint
(hypernym) separate, part, split up, split, break, break up
2. get a divorce; formally terminate a marriage; "The couple divorced after only 6 months"
(synonym) split up
(hypernym) separate, part, split up, split, break, break up
(entail) marry, get married, wed, conjoin, hook up with, get hitched with, espouse
(derivation) divorcement
| hEnglish - advanced version |
divorce
divorce
\di*vorce"\ (?), n. [f. divorce, l. divortium, fr. divortere, divertere, to turn different ways, to separate. see divert.]
1. (law) (a) a legal dissolution of the marriage contract by a court or other body having competent authority. this is properly a divorce, and called, technically, divorce a vinculo matrimonii. "from the bond of matrimony." (b) the separation of a married woman from the bed and board of her husband -- divorce a mensa et toro (or thoro), "from bed and board."
2. the decree or writing by which marriage is dissolved.
3. separation; disunion of things closely united. to make divorce of their incorporate league.
4. that which separates. [obs.]
similar words(1)
bill of divorce
divorce
\di*vorce"\ (?), n. [f. divorce, l. divortium, fr. divortere, divertere, to turn different ways, to separate. see divert.]
1. (law) (a) a legal dissolution of the marriage contract by a court or other body having competent authority. this is properly a divorce, and called, technically, divorce a vinculo matrimonii. "from the bond of matrimony." (b) the separation of a married woman from the bed and board of her husband -- divorce a mensa et toro (or thoro), "from bed and board."
2. the decree or writing by which marriage is dissolved.
3. separation; disunion of things closely united. to make divorce of their incorporate league.
4. that which separates. [obs.]
similar words(1)
bill of divorce
| English Phonetics |
| JM Welsh <=> English Dictionary |
Ysgar
Ysgar = n. a share; a divorce, v. to part, to cast off.
Llythyr ysgar = a bill of divorce
Ysgar = n. a share; a divorce, v. to part, to cast off.
Llythyr ysgar = a bill of divorce
Ysgario
Ysgario = v. to separate, to divorce
Divorce Definition from Law Dictionaries & Glossaries
| The 'Lectric Law Library |
Divorce
The dissolution of a marriage contracted between a man and a woman, by the judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, or (Obs.) by an act of the legislature. It is so called from the diversity of the minds of those who are married; because such as are divorced go each a different way from the other. Until a decree of divorce be actually made, neither party can treat the other as sole, even in cases where the marriage is utterly null and void for some preexisting cause. A decree of divorce must also be made during the lifetime of both the parties. After the decease of either the marriage will be deemed as legal in all respects.
Divorces are of two kinds: 1. a vinculo matrimonii, which dissolves and totally severs the marriage tie; and, 2. a mensa et thoro, which merely separates the parties.
The divorce a vinculo was never granted by the ecclesiastical law except for the most grave reasons. In England such a divorce bastardizes the issue, and generally speaking, is allowed only on the ground of some preexisting cause, but sometimes by act of parliament for a supervenient cause. When the marriage was dissolved for canonical causes of impediment existing previous to its taking place, it was declared void ab initio.
In the United States, divorces a vinculo are granted by the courts to which such jurisdiction is given, for certain causes particularly provided for by law.
The courts in nearly all the states have power to decree divorces a vinculo, for causes which existed and which were a bar to a lawful marriage, as, precontract, or the existence of a marriage between one of the contracting parties and another person, at the time the marriage sought to be dissolved took place; consanguinity, or that degree of relationship forbidden by law; affinity in some states; impotence, idiocy, lunacy, or other mental imbecility, which renders the party subject to it incapable of making a contract; when the contract was entered into in consequence of fraud.
Secondly, the marriage may be dissolved by divorce for causes which have arisen since the formation of the contract, the principal of which are adultery, cruelty, wilful and malicious desertion for a period of time specified in the acts of the several states; to these are added in some states, conviction of felony or other infamous crime, being a fugitive from justice when charged with an infamous crime. In Tennessee the husband may obtain a divorce when the wife was pregnant at the time of marriage with a child of color; and also when the wife refuses for two years to follow her husband, who has gone to Tennessee to reside. In Kentucky and Maine, where one of the parties has formed a connexion with certain religionists, whose opinions and practices are inconsistent with the marriage duties. And in some states, as Rhode Island and Vermont, for neglect and refusal on the part of the husband (he being of sufficient ability) to provide necessaries for the subsistence of his wife. In others, habitual drunkenness is a sufficient cause.
In some of the states divorces a mensa et thoro are granted for cruelty, desertion, and such like causes, while in others the divorce is a vinculo.
When the divorce is prayed for on the ground of adultery, in some and perhaps in most of the states, it is a good defence, 1st. That the other party has been guilty of the same offence. 2. That the hushand has prostituted his wife, or connived at her amours. 3. That the offended party has been reconciled to the other by either express or implied condonation. 4. That there was no intention to commit adultery, as when the party, supposing his or her first husband or wife dead, married again. 5. That the wife was forced or ravished.
The effects of a divorce a vinculo on the property of the wife, are various in the several states. When the divorce is for the adultery or other criminal acts of the husband, in general the wife's lands are restored to her; when it is caused by the adultery or other criminal act of the wife, the husband has in general some qualified right of curtesy to her lands; when the divorce is caused by some preexisting cause, as consanguinity, affinity or impotence, in some states, the lands of the wife are restored to her. At common law, a divorce a vinculo matrimonii bars the wife of dower; but not a divorce ti mensa et, thoro, though for the crime of adultery. If land be given to a man and his wife, and the heirs of their two bodies begotten, and they are divorced a vinculo, etc., they shall neither of them have this estate, but be barely tenants for life, notwithstanding the inheritance once vested in them. If a lease be made to husband and wife during coverture, and the husband sows the land, and afterwards they are divorced a vinculo, etc., the husband shall have the emblements in that case, for the divorce is the act of law. As to personalty, the rule of the common law is, if one marry a woman who has goods, he may give them or sell them at his pleasure. If they are divorced, the woman shall have the goods back again, unless the husband has given them away or sold them; for in such case she is without remedy. If the husband aliened them by collusion, she may aver and prove the collusion, and thereupon recover the goods from the alience. If one be bound in an obligation to a feme sole, marry her, and afterwards they are divorced, she may sue her former husband on the obligation, notwithstanding her action was in suspense during the marriage. And for such things as belonged to the wife before marriage, if they cannot be known, she could sue for after divorce, only in the court Christian, for the action of account did not lie, because he was not her receiver to account. But for such things as remain in specie and may be known, the common law gives her an action of detinue.
Divorces a mensa et thoro, are a mere separation of the parties for a time for causes arising since the marriage; they are pronounced by tribunals of competent jurisdiction. The effects of the sentence continue for the time it was pronounced, or until the parties are reconciled. A divorce a mensa et thoro deprives the husband of no marital right in respect to the property of the wife. Children born after a divorce a mensa et thoro are not presumed to be the husband's, unless he afterwards cohabited with his wife.
By the civil law, the child of parents divorced, is to be brought up by the innocent party at the expence of the guilty party.
This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.
The dissolution of a marriage contracted between a man and a woman, by the judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, or (Obs.) by an act of the legislature. It is so called from the diversity of the minds of those who are married; because such as are divorced go each a different way from the other. Until a decree of divorce be actually made, neither party can treat the other as sole, even in cases where the marriage is utterly null and void for some preexisting cause. A decree of divorce must also be made during the lifetime of both the parties. After the decease of either the marriage will be deemed as legal in all respects.
Divorces are of two kinds: 1. a vinculo matrimonii, which dissolves and totally severs the marriage tie; and, 2. a mensa et thoro, which merely separates the parties.
The divorce a vinculo was never granted by the ecclesiastical law except for the most grave reasons. In England such a divorce bastardizes the issue, and generally speaking, is allowed only on the ground of some preexisting cause, but sometimes by act of parliament for a supervenient cause. When the marriage was dissolved for canonical causes of impediment existing previous to its taking place, it was declared void ab initio.
In the United States, divorces a vinculo are granted by the courts to which such jurisdiction is given, for certain causes particularly provided for by law.
The courts in nearly all the states have power to decree divorces a vinculo, for causes which existed and which were a bar to a lawful marriage, as, precontract, or the existence of a marriage between one of the contracting parties and another person, at the time the marriage sought to be dissolved took place; consanguinity, or that degree of relationship forbidden by law; affinity in some states; impotence, idiocy, lunacy, or other mental imbecility, which renders the party subject to it incapable of making a contract; when the contract was entered into in consequence of fraud.
Secondly, the marriage may be dissolved by divorce for causes which have arisen since the formation of the contract, the principal of which are adultery, cruelty, wilful and malicious desertion for a period of time specified in the acts of the several states; to these are added in some states, conviction of felony or other infamous crime, being a fugitive from justice when charged with an infamous crime. In Tennessee the husband may obtain a divorce when the wife was pregnant at the time of marriage with a child of color; and also when the wife refuses for two years to follow her husband, who has gone to Tennessee to reside. In Kentucky and Maine, where one of the parties has formed a connexion with certain religionists, whose opinions and practices are inconsistent with the marriage duties. And in some states, as Rhode Island and Vermont, for neglect and refusal on the part of the husband (he being of sufficient ability) to provide necessaries for the subsistence of his wife. In others, habitual drunkenness is a sufficient cause.
In some of the states divorces a mensa et thoro are granted for cruelty, desertion, and such like causes, while in others the divorce is a vinculo.
When the divorce is prayed for on the ground of adultery, in some and perhaps in most of the states, it is a good defence, 1st. That the other party has been guilty of the same offence. 2. That the hushand has prostituted his wife, or connived at her amours. 3. That the offended party has been reconciled to the other by either express or implied condonation. 4. That there was no intention to commit adultery, as when the party, supposing his or her first husband or wife dead, married again. 5. That the wife was forced or ravished.
The effects of a divorce a vinculo on the property of the wife, are various in the several states. When the divorce is for the adultery or other criminal acts of the husband, in general the wife's lands are restored to her; when it is caused by the adultery or other criminal act of the wife, the husband has in general some qualified right of curtesy to her lands; when the divorce is caused by some preexisting cause, as consanguinity, affinity or impotence, in some states, the lands of the wife are restored to her. At common law, a divorce a vinculo matrimonii bars the wife of dower; but not a divorce ti mensa et, thoro, though for the crime of adultery. If land be given to a man and his wife, and the heirs of their two bodies begotten, and they are divorced a vinculo, etc., they shall neither of them have this estate, but be barely tenants for life, notwithstanding the inheritance once vested in them. If a lease be made to husband and wife during coverture, and the husband sows the land, and afterwards they are divorced a vinculo, etc., the husband shall have the emblements in that case, for the divorce is the act of law. As to personalty, the rule of the common law is, if one marry a woman who has goods, he may give them or sell them at his pleasure. If they are divorced, the woman shall have the goods back again, unless the husband has given them away or sold them; for in such case she is without remedy. If the husband aliened them by collusion, she may aver and prove the collusion, and thereupon recover the goods from the alience. If one be bound in an obligation to a feme sole, marry her, and afterwards they are divorced, she may sue her former husband on the obligation, notwithstanding her action was in suspense during the marriage. And for such things as belonged to the wife before marriage, if they cannot be known, she could sue for after divorce, only in the court Christian, for the action of account did not lie, because he was not her receiver to account. But for such things as remain in specie and may be known, the common law gives her an action of detinue.
Divorces a mensa et thoro, are a mere separation of the parties for a time for causes arising since the marriage; they are pronounced by tribunals of competent jurisdiction. The effects of the sentence continue for the time it was pronounced, or until the parties are reconciled. A divorce a mensa et thoro deprives the husband of no marital right in respect to the property of the wife. Children born after a divorce a mensa et thoro are not presumed to be the husband's, unless he afterwards cohabited with his wife.
By the civil law, the child of parents divorced, is to be brought up by the innocent party at the expence of the guilty party.
This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.
| Duhaime.org Legal Dictionary |
| Law Dictionary |
Divorce
Dissolution of the bonds of marriage.
Dissolution of the bonds of marriage.
| European Commission Glossary of Justice and home affairs |
divorce
The legal termination of a marriage contract. The EU is further developing its initiatives allowing court decisions relating to family law to be recognised and enforced throughout the Union. . (See Judicial-civil: Divorce and Parental responsibility)
The legal termination of a marriage contract. The EU is further developing its initiatives allowing court decisions relating to family law to be recognised and enforced throughout the Union. . (See Judicial-civil: Divorce and Parental responsibility)
| Divorcesource.com Dictionary |
DIVORCE
a final decree required to legally terminate a valid marriage.
a final decree required to legally terminate a valid marriage.
| HMCS Legal Terms |
Divorce
Dissolution or nullity of marriage
Dissolution or nullity of marriage
| Dream Dictionary |
Divorce
To dream of being divorced, denotes that you are not satisfied with your companion, and should cultivate a more congenial atmosphere in the home life. It is a dream of warning.
For women to dream of divorce, denotes that a single life may be theirs through the infidelity of lovers.
To dream of being divorced, denotes that you are not satisfied with your companion, and should cultivate a more congenial atmosphere in the home life. It is a dream of warning.
For women to dream of divorce, denotes that a single life may be theirs through the infidelity of lovers.
Divorce Definition from Religion & Spirituality Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Easton's Bible Dictionary |
Divorce
The dissolution of the marriage tie was regulated by the Mosaic law (Deut. 24:1-4). The Jews, after the Captivity, were reguired to dismiss the foreign women they had married contrary to the law (Ezra 10:11-19). Christ limited the permission of divorce to the single case of adultery. It seems that it was not uncommon for the Jews at that time to dissolve the union on very slight pretences (Matt. 5:31, 32; 19:1-9; Mark 10:2-12; Luke 16:18). These precepts given by Christ regulate the law of divorce in the Christian Church.
The dissolution of the marriage tie was regulated by the Mosaic law (Deut. 24:1-4). The Jews, after the Captivity, were reguired to dismiss the foreign women they had married contrary to the law (Ezra 10:11-19). Christ limited the permission of divorce to the single case of adultery. It seems that it was not uncommon for the Jews at that time to dissolve the union on very slight pretences (Matt. 5:31, 32; 19:1-9; Mark 10:2-12; Luke 16:18). These precepts given by Christ regulate the law of divorce in the Christian Church.
| Smith's Bible Dictionary |
Divorce
"a legal dissolution of the marriage relation." The law regulating this subject is found (24:1-4) and the cases in which the right of a husband to divorce his wife was lost are stated ibid ., (22:19,29) The ground of divorce is appoint on which the Jewish doctors of the period of the New Testament differed widely; the school of Shammai seeming to limit it to a moral delinquency in the woman, whilst that the Hillel extended it to trifling causes, e.g., if the wife burnt the food she was cooking for her husband. The Pharisees wished perhaps to embroil our Saviour with these rival schools by their question, (Matthew 19:3) by his answer to which, as well as by his previous maxim, (Matthew 5:31) he declares that he regarded all the lesser causes than "fornication" as standing on too weak ground, and declined the question of how to interpret the words of Moses.
"a legal dissolution of the marriage relation." The law regulating this subject is found (24:1-4) and the cases in which the right of a husband to divorce his wife was lost are stated ibid ., (22:19,29) The ground of divorce is appoint on which the Jewish doctors of the period of the New Testament differed widely; the school of Shammai seeming to limit it to a moral delinquency in the woman, whilst that the Hillel extended it to trifling causes, e.g., if the wife burnt the food she was cooking for her husband. The Pharisees wished perhaps to embroil our Saviour with these rival schools by their question, (Matthew 19:3) by his answer to which, as well as by his previous maxim, (Matthew 5:31) he declares that he regarded all the lesser causes than "fornication" as standing on too weak ground, and declined the question of how to interpret the words of Moses.
Divorce Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
| English-Latin Online Dictionary |
divorce
abruptio
abruptio
Divorce Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia |
Divorce
Divorce or dissolution of marriage is the ending of a marriage before the death of either spouse.
It can be contrasted with an annulment, which is a declaration that a marriage is void, though the effects of marriage may be recognized in such unions, such as spousal support or alimony, child custody, child support, and distribution of property.
In many developed countries, divorce rates increased markedly during the twentieth century. Among the states in which divorce has become commonplace are the United States, South Korea, and members of the European Union, with the exception of Malta (where all civil marriages are for life, because civil divorce is banned). In addition, acceptance of the single-parent family has resulted in many women deciding to have children outside marriage, as there is little remaining social stigma attached to unwed mothers in some societies. Japan retains a markedly lower divorce rate, though it has increased in recent years. The subject of divorce as a social phenomenon is an important research topic in sociology.
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