Limited divorce is granted for cruelty in either of the parties or any other cause which would justify absolute divorce, if the party desires only a divorce from bed and board.
In case of absolute divorce, only the innocent party may remarry; but the divorced parties may marry each other again.
In all cases where an absolute divorce is granted for adultery or abandonment, the court may decree that the guilty party shall not contract marriage with any other person during the lifetime of the other party.
Unless we assume that Jesus was concealing rather than expounding His views, the plain meaning is that He considered fornication to be the sufficient and only cause for an absolute divorce.
In the absence of the causes above set forth the courts have still power to grant either an absolute divorce or a judicial separation for not more than two years if it appears that the parties are grossly antagonistic to each other.
Absolute divorce is granted for the following causes: 1.
If, upon petition, a judicial separation is granted and at its stated expiration no reconciliation has taken place, the court will entertain an application for an absolute divorce.
In 1801 a Mrs Addison claimed an absolute divorce on the ground of her husband's incest with her sister.
It is that the wife is entitled to an absolute divorce only if her reconciliation with her husband is neither to be expected nor desired.
By the Virginia law of 1827, as already seen, absolute divorce, properly so called, can only be obtained from the legislature, although the superior courts of chancery are then authorized to annul voidable marriages.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "absolute divorce" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
