What is COURT FOR DIVORCE AND MATRIMONIAL CAUSES

This court was established by St. 20 & 21 Vict. c. So, which transferred to it all jurisdiction then exercisable by any ecclesiastical court in England, in matters matrimonial , and also gave it new powers. The court consisted of the lord chancellor , the three chiefs, and three senior puisne judges of the common-law courts , and the judge ordinary, who together constituted, and still constitute, the “full court.” The judge ordinary heard almost all matters In the first instance . By the judicature act, 1873,