innocent spouse
collocation in Englishmeaningsofinnocentandspouse
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innocent
adjective
uk/ˈɪn.ə.sənt/us/ˈɪn.ə.sənt/
(of a person) not guilty of a ...
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spouse
noun[C]
uk/spaʊs/us/spaʊs/
a person's husband ...
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(Definition ofinnocentandspousefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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On the face of it, theinnocentspouseis the deserted spouse; but, of course, that is not the reality of the situation.
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It is said against this that it is wrong to give relief to a guilty person against aninnocentspouse.
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It was said that aninnocentspousecould be divorced against his or her will.
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Provided you carry on your affair smoothly and adroitly, it is in the public interest that you shall get a divorce against theinnocentspouse.
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That purpose is to bring divorce into line with reality and to protect theinnocentspouse—generally the wife in a divorce.
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This is the only financial remedy open to theinnocentspouse, and it proceeds on the legal fiction that the guilty spouse has died.
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They also voted against divorce by consent and the compelling of aninnocentspouseto accept divorce after some years of separation.
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Hitherto, the unscrupulous woman could not force her lover into divorce and remarriage if there stood between her and her objective the free will and choice of theinnocentspouse.
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Divorce was granted only because one party to the marriage had violated a sacred vow to theinnocentspouse.
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The innocent spouses and children may thus have to suffer for what might be only a suspicion on the part of the authorities.
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