Category: Family law

  • Court for Divorce and Matrimonial Causes

    The Constitution of the Court The new court (see history of divorce in Britain and the Act of 1857 and its modification), termed “The Court for Divorce and Matrimonial Causes,” was constituted by the lord chancellor, the chiefs and the senior puisne judges of the three courts of common law, […]

  • Court of Protection

    Definition of Court of Protection In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Court of Protection : A court that administers the property and affairs of persons of unsound mind, formerly called the Management and Administration Department. The head of the court is […]

  • Nullity

    Nullity in the United Kingdom Law of Nullity The law of nullity clearly does have a role to play in family law but whether this role is still valuable in modern day family law is debateable. The definition of nullity is the invalidity of a marriage due to some defect existing at the time the…

  • Military Law on Divorce

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  • Military Law on Divorce

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  • Family Settlements

    Family Settlements and Medieval Law Family Settlements and Legal History Resources See Also Edict (in this legal Encyclopedia) Edict (in this legal Encyclopedia) Feudal Tenure (in this legal Encyclopedia) Ancient Law (in this legal Encyclopedia) Bibliographies of English Law History […]

  • Military Family Law

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  • Divorce

    Definition of Divorce In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Divorce : The legal termination of a marriage and the obligations created by marriage, other than by a decree of nullity or presumption of death. The present law on divorce dates from 1969. […]

  • Marriage

    (formerly bannes, from A.S. gebann, proclamation, Fr. ban, Med. Lat. bannum), the public legal notice of an impending marriage. The church in earliest days was forewarned of marriages (Tertullian, Ad Uxorem, De Pudicitia, c. 4). The first canonical enactment on the subject in the English church […]

  • Statistics of Divorce

    Before 1910 Note: for an oveview of the history of divorce, click here. The statistics of divorce in England have for some years been regularly published in the volumes of judicial statistics published annually by the Home Office. The number of petitions for divorce (including in the term […]

  • Separation

    History of Separation (Family Law) Summary Proceedings for Separation The legislature has sought to extend the relief afforded by the courts in matrimonial causes by a procedure fairly to be considered within the reach of all classes. In 1895 an act was passed which re-enacted in an […]

  • History of Divorce

    Summary Although Henry VIII is usually described -in accordance to Bamber Gascoigne´ Encyclopedia of Britain about “law” – as having divorced Catherine of Aragon, he in fact arranged for Cranmer to annul his marriage – to declare not that it had ended, but that it had never begun. […]

  • Legitimation

    History of Legitimation and Ligitimacy English law takes account solely of the fact that marriage precedes the birth of the child; at whatever period the birth happens after the marriage, the offspring is prima facie legitimate. The presumption of law is always in favour of the […]

  • Matrimonial Causes Act

    History The Act of 1857 Probably few measures have been conceived with such consummate skill and knowledge, and few conducted through parliament with such dexterity and determination. The leading opponent of the measure was Mr Gladstone, backed by the zeal of the High Church party and […]

  • Family Division

    Definition of Family Division In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Family Division : The division of the *High Court concerned with *family proceedings and noncontentious probate matters. Until 1971, it was known as the *Probate, Divorce and Admiralty […]