divorce case

collocation in English

meaningsofdivorceandcase

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divorce
noun
uk
/dɪˈvɔːs/us
/dɪˈvɔːrs/
an official or legal process to end ...
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case
noun
uk
/keɪs/us
/keɪs/
a particular situation or example ...
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(Definition ofdivorceandcasefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Moreover, the order made by magistrates in these cases forms the basis of adivorcecase.
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That will be the case in the defendeddivorcecase.
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Over recent years there has been a great increase in the average cost of an undefendeddivorcecase.
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In other words, each sheriff substitute might be called upon to take onedivorcecaseper week.
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That is an insult from which a working-class woman is entitled to be relieved, and that is a normal, ordinarydivorcecase.
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I am certain that neither of them had ever heard adivorcecasebefore being appointed.
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At present the average amount of profit costs paid to a solicitor for handling a simpledivorcecasefrom beginning to end is £70.
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This is because until now people had limited opportunities to choose the court, which would consider theirdivorcecase.
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I understand that the average undefendeddivorcecasenowadays takes no longer than 12 minutes.
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The solicitors he is talking about—those who make the fortunes—would not take on adivorcecaseor a legal aid case.
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The facts as deployed in the ordinary way in an undefendeddivorcecasewill be something as to the nature of the adultery.
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I feel that this clause does really apply sensibly only to the five-year compulsorydivorcecase.
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What is being offered to lawyers is a fee of £40 for the complete conduct of an ordinary averagedivorcecasein the county court.
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I was contacted yesterday by a constituent who is involved in adivorcecase.
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As we all know, a solicitor in adivorcecasehas a double responsibility.
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It is admitted that in hisdivorcecasethe daughter-in-law was co-respondent.
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Adivorcecasewas taken when everyone of you knows it was a breaking of the law.
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I am not prepared to accept that argument in relation to the average undefendeddivorcecase.
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In adivorcecaseit is quite likely that one person is at fault; in a nullity case nobody is at fault.
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But there is a distinction between thedivorcecaseand the nullity case.
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