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...]

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...]

Fr. Tenth; the tenth part Ord. Mar. liv. 1, tit. 1, art 9. In old French law. An income tax payable to the crown. Steph. Lect. 359. … [Read more...]

Abbreviation for "District Judge." … [Read more...]

Lat. To divine; to conjecture or guess; to foretell. Divinatio, a conjecturing or guessing. Divinatio, non interpretmtio est, qusa omnino reeedit a litera. That is guessing, not interpretation, which altogether departs from the letter. Bac. Max. 18, (in reg. 3,) citing Yearb. 3 Hen. VI. 20. … [Read more...]