Divorce

  • 21Divorce — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Divorce (homonymie) …

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  • 22divorce — The legal separation of man and wife, effected by the judgment or decree of a court, and either totally dissolving the marriage relation, or suspending its effects so far as concerns the cohabitation of the parties. See also alimony equitable… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 23divorce — The legal separation of man and wife, effected by the judgment or decree of a court, and either totally dissolving the marriage relation, or suspending its effects so far as concerns the cohabitation of the parties. See also alimony equitable… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 24divorce — (di vor s ) s. m. 1°   Rupture légale du mariage du vivant des époux. Prononcer le divorce. Le divorce, autorisé par le Code Napoléon, fut aboli dans les premières années de la Restauration. •   Il y a cette différence entre le divorce et la… …

    Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • 25divorce — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ amicable, uncontested ▪ no fault ▪ acrimonious, bitter, messy, nasty, painful …

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  • 26divorce — divorceable, adj. divorcer, n. divorcive, adj. /di vawrs , vohrs /, n., v. divorced, divorcing. n. 1. a judicial declaration dissolving a marriage in whole or in part, esp. one that releases the husband and wife from all matrimonial obligations.… …

    Universalium

  • 27divorce — di|vorce1 S3 [dıˈvo:s US o:rs] n [Date: 1300 1400; : French; Origin: Latin divertere to divert, leave one s husband ] 1.) [U and C] the legal ending of a marriage →↑separation ▪ Why doesn t she get a divorce ? ▪ In Britain, one in three marriages …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 28divorcé — /di vawr say , vohr , vawr say, vohr /, n. a divorced man. [1805 15; < F, n. use of masc. ptp. of divorcer < ML divortiare to divorce, deriv. of L divortium DIVORCE] * * * Dissolution of a valid marriage, usually freeing the parties to remarry.&#8230; …

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  • 29divorce — n. 1) to file for, sue for divorce 2) to get, receive a divorce 3) to grant a divorce 4) (a) no fault divorce; an uncontested divorce; (a) divorce by mutual consent 5) (misc.) a divorce settlement * * * [dɪ vɔːs] (a) divorce by mutual consent an&#8230; …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 30divorce — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Dissolution of marriage Nouns 1. divorce, divorcement, [legal or trial] separation, dissolution, annulment, parting of the ways, breakup, split up; contested or uncontested divorce, no fault divorce,&#8230; …

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