That which is susceptible of being divided.

One which is in its nature and purposes susceptible of division andapportionment, having two or more parts in respect to matters and things contemplatedand embraced by it, not necessarily dependent […]

the concept that is behind a valid divorce that has dissolved the marriage.

In old English law . Severally; separately. Bract fol. 47.

In English law . One of the smaller subdivisions of a county. Used in Lincolnshire as synonymous with “riding” in Yorkshire.

This can be an ethical or an unethical practice depending on how it is done. An attorney will divide fees among all joint attorneys, ethical, but it is unethical when […]

In the practice of appellate courts, this term denotes such adisagreement among the judges that there is not a majority in favor of any one view,and hence 110 decision can […]

a system of government in the US where certain powers are given to the federal and state governments.

Courts in England, consisting of two or (iu special cases)more judges of the high court of justice, sitting to transact certain kinds of businesswhich cannot be disposed of by one […]

Lat A divided jurisdiction . Applied, e. g., to the jurisdiction ofcourts of common law and equity over the same subject. 1 Kent, Comm. 300; 4 Steph. Comm. 9.

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 […]

A divorce from table and bed, or from bed and board. Apartial or qualified divorce, by which the parties are separated and forbidden to live orcohabit together, without affecting the […]

A divorce from the bond of marriage. A total divorce ofhusband and wife, dissolving the marriage tie, and releasing the parties wholly fromtheir matrimonial obligations. 1 Bl. Comm. 440; 2 […]

the agreement that is reached between a husband and wife about disposing of joint property.

court contest between a couple who are divorced where one party is the defendant and the other is the plaintiff.

This means to make known or to reveal something.

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.

the abbreviation for deoxyribonucleic acid.

a term used to match a person’s DNA to one already known.

Lat I give. The ancient and apt- est word of feoffment and of gift 2 Bl. Comm. 310, 316; Co. Litt. 9.

Where the death of a human being is concerned, Lin a matter of life and death,] no delay is [considered] long. Co. Litt. 134.

Lat. I give that you may give; I give [you] that you may give [me.] A formula in the civil law , constituting a general division under which those contracts(termed […]

Lat I give that you may do; I give [you] that you may do or make[for me.] A formula in the civil law , under which those contracts were classed […]

Lat. I give, I say, I adjudge. Three words used in the Romanlaw, to express the extent of the civil jurisdiction of the prietor. Do denoted that hegave or granted […]

Lat I give, I bequeath; or I give and bequeath . The formal words ofmaking a bequest or legacy, in the Roman law. Titio et Seio hominem Stichum do, lego,I […]