Definition of divorce

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Divorce (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..

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Divorcive :: Divorcive (a.) Having power to divorce; tending to divorce.
Divorceless :: Divorceless (a.) Incapable of being divorced or separated; free from divorce.
Estovers :: Estovers (n. pl.) Necessaries or supples; an allowance to a person out of an estate or other thing for support; as of wood to a tenant for life, etc., of sustenance to a man confined for felony of his estate, or alimony to a woman divorced out of her husband's estate..
Divorce :: Divorce (n.) To make away; to put away.
Unmarry :: Unmarry (v. t.) To annul the marriage of; to divorce.
Repudiate :: Repudiate (v. t.) To divorce, put away, or discard, as a wife, or a woman one has promised to marry..
Divorce :: Divorce (n.) The decree or writing by which marriage is dissolved.
Disband :: Disband (v. t.) To divorce.
Dismarry :: Dismarry (v. t.) To free from the bonds of marriage; to divorce.
Alimony :: Alimony (n.) An allowance made to a wife out of her husband's estate or income for her support, upon her divorce or legal separation from him, or during a suit for the same..
Divorce :: Divorce (n.) To separate or disunite; to sunder.
Divorce :: 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..
Divorce :: Divorce (n.) To dissolve the marriage contract of, either wholly or partially; to separate by divorce..
Divorcee :: Divorcee (n.) A person divorced.
Write :: Write (v. t.) To set down for reading; to express in legible or intelligible characters; to inscribe; as, to write a deed; to write a bill of divorcement; hence, specifically, to set down in an epistle; to communicate by letter..
Diffarreation :: Diffarreation (n.) A form of divorce, among the ancient Romans, in which a cake was used. See Confarreation..
Divorce :: Divorce (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..
Divorce :: Divorce (n.) Separation; disunion of things closely united.
Divorcible :: Divorcible (a.) Divorceable.
Separation :: Separation (n.) Divorce.
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