And then we lawyers generally see the dark side of the picture—the damages and the decrees nisi.
In due course he obtained his decree nisi, which later on was made absolute.
So the Court had pronounced a decree nisi. But Mrs. Holmes had not been unfaithful to her husband.
The moment the decree nisi was pronounced he left the Courts of Justice.
Unfortunately, he died before the decree nisi was made absolute.
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He married first in 1921, then secondly in 1944 and was granted adecreenisiof divorce in 1956.
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In approximately 12,669 cases the application was dismissed or did not proceed to thedecreenisistage.
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Consequently, in approximately 110,259 cases the facts alleged were not proven or the case did not proceed to thedecreenisistage.
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I have often wondered why only the petitioner can obtain a decree absolute six weeks after adecreenisi.
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Surely, by the time adecreenisihas been granted, a person is effectively divorced, because the whole thing has broken up.
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Indeed, he made it clear that the point involving discovery after thedecreenisishould be safeguarded.
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I can see no advantage, because provisions for finance, maintenance and all those matters in other cases can be dealt with afterdecreenisi.
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I want to guard against the effect of thedecreenisibeing made absolute automatically reducing that income.
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Their financial situation and all the rest of it can be gone into after thedecreenisi, as it now is.
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It has been argued thatdecreenisimakes no difference to a woman's status as a married woman, and that marriage allowance should not stop.
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Under the present law financial and property orders are made after adecreenisibut are not carried into effect until after the decree absolute.
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It deals with the abolition of thedecreenisi.
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It should not be stopped during the time she has a divorcedecreenisi.
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Many housing departments demand adecreenisibefore they will transfer a tenancy to a wife who is leaving her husband.
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In my view the other cases, so far as the financial provisions are concerned, can be dealt with afterdecreenisi.
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