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The Matrimonial Causes Act 1857 (20 & 21 Vict. c. 85) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.The Act reformed the law on divorce, moving litigation from the jurisdiction of the ecclesiastical courts to the civil courts, establishing a model of marriage based on contract rather than sacrament and widening the availability of divorce beyond those who could afford to bring proceedings ...
The Matrimonial Causes Act 1973; The Matrimonial Causes Acts 1857 to 1878 was the collective title of the following Acts: [1] The Matrimonial Causes Act 1857 (20 & 21 Vict. c. 85) The Matrimonial Causes Act 1858 (21 & 22 Vict. c. 108) The Matrimonial Causes Act 1859 (22 & 23 Vict. c. 61) The Matrimonial Causes Act 1860 (23 & 24 Vict. c. 144 ...
Robert Albion Pritchard, W Tarn Pritchard and John George Witt. A Digest of the Law and Practice of the Court for Divorce & Matrimonial Causes, and Appeals from that Court. Third Edition. Shaw and Sons. London. 1874. Google Books. George Browne. A Treatise on the Principles and Practice of the Court for Divorce and Matrimonial Causes. 1864.
The Matrimonial Causes Act 1857 moved litigation from the jurisdiction of the ecclesiastical courts to the civil courts, establishing a model of marriage based on contract rather than sacrament and widening the availability of divorce beyond those who could afford to bring proceedings for annulment or to promote a private Bill.
The Matrimonial Causes Act 1937 (1 Edw. 8. & 1 Geo. 6. c. 57) is a law on divorce in the United Kingdom. It extended the grounds for divorce, which until then only included adultery, to include unlawful desertion for three years or more, cruelty, and incurable insanity, incest or sodomy. [2]
A valid marriage can be dissolved by a decree of dissolution of marriage or divorce and Hindu Marriage Act, The Divorce Act and Special Marriage Act allow such a decree only on specific grounds as provided in these acts: cruelty, adultery, desertion, apostasy from Hinduism, impotency, venereal disease, leprosy, joining a religious order, not ...
The law built on the Matrimonial Causes Act 1857, which allowed people to divorce without an Act of Parliament where there had been adultery and cruelty, rape, bestiality or incest, and the Matrimonial Causes Act 1937, which extended the eligible grounds for divorce to include cruelty, incurable insanity and desertion (of three years or more). [4]
The Matrimonial Causes Act 1864 (27 & 28 Vict. c. 44) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The act reduced the powers of women deserted by their husbands to protect their property and income from him or any of his creditors. The act received royal assent on 14 July 1864. [2]