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Decree absolute

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decree nisinoun(law) a decree issued on a first petition for divorce; it becomes absolute at some later date unless cause is shown why it should not.
final decreenounA final judgment.
rule nisinoun(law) A decree issued by the court that becomes absolute at some later date unless cause is shown why it should not.
separationnounThe act of disuniting two or more things, or the condition of being separated.
decreet-arbitralnounAlternative form of decree arbitral. [(Scots law) An award made by an arbiter.]
constatnoun(law, religion, sciences) It is clearly evident; It is certain, without a doubt.
enoch arden lawnounA 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.
interlocutornounA person who takes part in dialogue or conversation: a locutive partner.
decree arbitralnoun(Scots law) An award made by an arbiter.
divorce millnounA jurisdiction that grants divorces quickly and easily.
marriage certificatenoun(law) An official record indicating that two individuals were legally married on the date of the certificate.
divorce billnounMoney agreed in settlement of a divorce.
special licencenoun(UK, historical) A marriage licence, granted by the Archbishop of Canterbury or his officials, permitting the marriage of two specified persons without banns, and at a place and time other than those prescribed by law.
deed of retirementnoun(law, England and Wales) A deed executed by the trustees of a trust under which one or more voluntarily retire from being trustees.
legal separationnoun(law) A legal arrangement in which a married couple live in separate homes while remaining legally married.
term of years absolutenoun(law, England and Wales, idiomatic) The lease under which that estate in land is held.
placitumnoun(law) A plea; a pleading; a judicial proceeding; a suit.
dispositionnounTendency or inclination under given circumstances.
ne exeatnoun(law) A common law writ prohibiting the departure of a person or of property from the jurisdiction of a court.
common-law marriagenounA state of marriage, or legal recognition similar to that of marriage, enjoyed by a couple who have not undergone an official marriage ceremony, but instead based on the duration of cohabitation or other practical characteristics of the relationship.

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