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Government which divides powers between different branches of government. … [Read more...] about DIVISION OF POWERS

Courts in England, consisting of two or (in special cases) more judges of the high court of justice, sitting to transact certain kinds of business which cannot be disposed of by one judge. … [Read more...] about DIVISIONAL COURTS

Latin: A divided jurisdiction. Applied, e.g., to the jurisdiction of courts of common law and equity over the same subject 1 Kent Comm. 366; 4 Steph. Comm. 9. … [Read more...] about DIVISUM IMPERIUM

The dissolution or legal termination of a marriage. All states require the divorcing spouse to specify a legal reason (the grounds) for requesting a divorce when papers are filed in court for the divorce. The legal separation of man and wife, effected, for cause, by the Judgment of a court, and either totally dissolving the marriage relation, or suspending its effects so far as … [Read more...] about DIVORCE

An agreement made by two people who are obtaining a divorce with regard to the division of the couple's property, the custody and visitation rights of each person with regard to their children, the amount of alimony and child support to be paid and other important matters. The divorce agreement must be written, signed and accepted by the court before it becomes a part of the … [Read more...] about DIVORCE AGREEMENT