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Bernard I. Murstein. inequities he perceived in one - sided divorces . His law of a.d. 311 was intended to eliminate divorce for any superficial reason . Henceforth a woman could obtain a divorce only if her husband failed to communicate ...
Bernard I. Murstein. inequities he perceived in one - sided divorces . His law of a.d. 311 was intended to eliminate divorce for any superficial reason . Henceforth a woman could obtain a divorce only if her husband failed to communicate ...
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... divorced woman had to wait ten months . This restriction was finally removed 23 years later . Again , there was no stampede to the divorce court : only 4,123 divorces were recorded in all of France in 1885.128 England The dawn of the ...
... divorced woman had to wait ten months . This restriction was finally removed 23 years later . Again , there was no stampede to the divorce court : only 4,123 divorces were recorded in all of France in 1885.128 England The dawn of the ...
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... Divorce Three kinds of divorce existed in old China : a divorce initiated by one party , divorce by mutual agreement , and divorce by compulsion of the authorities . In practice , divorces initiated by the husband were the overwhelming ...
... Divorce Three kinds of divorce existed in old China : a divorce initiated by one party , divorce by mutual agreement , and divorce by compulsion of the authorities . In practice , divorces initiated by the husband were the overwhelming ...
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