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(law) A court-mandated allowance made to a former spouse by a divorced or legally separated person.
n
(law) A divorce in which the issue of marital status is handled separately from any other issues such as division of property.
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Any man uninterested in committed relationships.
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(law) the official decree marking the legal end of a marriage, allowing the two people to remarry; it follows the decree nisi after six weeks (in Britain)
n
(Roman Catholicism) An impediment that nullifies marriage.
adj
(law, obsolete) Not covert; not within the bonds of matrimony; unmarried; applied either to a woman who has never married or to a widow.
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A marital arrangement where spouses live apart without legally dissolving the marriage.
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When one partner in a relationship, usually female, is awarded by family court exorbitant alimony and/or child support, complete or almost complete custody over the children produced from the union, and so on.
adj
(of a marriage) Legally dissolved.
n
The person or cause that produces or effects a divorce.
adj
(archaic) Having power to divorce; tending to divorce.
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A law that grants a divorce, or a legal exemption to allow remarrying, when a person's spouse has been absent without explanation for a certain period, typically seven years.
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(US, law, sexuality, US politics, informal, uncountable) Ellipsis of Griswold v. Connecticut. A 1965 U.S. Supreme Court case that legalized contraception, allowing access to contraceptives for married couples; and reaffirmed the existence of a right to privacy under due process following the 14th Amendment.
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(law) The unofficial acceptance of the use of one's spouse's private documents in court during a divorce.
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Within a marriage; between spouses.
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A male-female marriage entered into in the hope of concealing the non-heterosexual sexual orientation of one or both of the spouses.
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A divorce requested simply because of the breakdown of the marriage, without the requirement to prove a fault on the part of one of the spouses.
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A person who is not married.
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(intransitive, dated) To marry.
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A child given up by its parents into the keeping or dedication of a religious order or house.
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Obsolete form of quarantine (“widow's grace period”). [(historical law) The 40-day period during which a widow is entitled to remain in her deceased husband's home while any dower is collected and returned.]
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Obsolete form of quarantine (“widow's grace period”). [(historical law) The 40-day period during which a widow is entitled to remain in her deceased husband's home while any dower is collected and returned.]
adv
(law) With reference to the non-consummation of a marriage
v
To divorce after a remarriage.
adj
divorced such as by a spouse
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(law, historical) A married woman's property over which her husband has no right of control.
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(of spouses) Estranged; living apart but not divorced.
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The act or condition of a married couple living in separate homes while remaining legally married.
adj
Of or pertaining to unmarried people.
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(informal) Separated; no longer together as a romantic or sexual couple.
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(law) A spouse that outlives the person to whom they are married, thereby obtaining legal rights with respect to the property of the deceased spouse.
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One who is not married; a bachelor or a spinster.
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Overt devotion or submissiveness to one's wife.
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A non-violent separation of formerly united nations, especially the one which occurred when Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia in 1993.
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