divorced spouse

collocation in English

meaningsofdivorcedandspouse

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divorced
adjective
uk
/dɪˈvɔːst/us
/dɪˈvɔːrst/
married in the past but not ...
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spouse
noun[C]
uk
/spaʊs/us
/spaʊs/
a person's husband ...
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(Definition ofdivorcedandspousefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In these new circumstances the amount of periodical allowance payable by the bankrupt to hisdivorcedspousemay be quite unrealistic.
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It seems sensible that a widow should be in no worse position than adivorcedspouse.
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The court could also order a scheme member to take out appropriate term or whole-life insurance in favour of adivorcedspouse.
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It has been recognised for at least 30 years that divorce can have a devastating impact on the retirement income of adivorcedspouse.
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It could arrange for a transfer payment from the pension fund member's account to the account for the benefit of thedivorcedspouse.
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He also asked a question about housing purchase in relation to regular maintenance from a separated ordivorcedspouse.
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In these new circumstances, the amount of periodical allowance payable by the bankrupt person to hisdivorcedspousemay be quite unrealistic.
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The question of financial protection for adivorcedspouseand the family is of such paramount important that it cannot be regarded in any cavalier manner.
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I should not like to see that kind of decree granted until the best possible provision, financial and otherwise, had been made for thedivorcedspouse.
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Other provisions say that no decree shall be pronounced until proper provision has been made for thedivorcedspouseand children to the satisfaction of the court.
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The old common-law prohibition on marriage between an adulterousdivorcedspouseand his or her lover is obsolete.
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In some instances, survivors' benefits are available even to adivorcedspouse.
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So there are benefits for divorced spouses or divorcees whose ex-spouse is dead.
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The same applies to separated or divorced spouses, or people living in a marriage like relationship, e.g. common-law marriages.
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Divorced spouses may not qualify for benefits such as health insurance, which must then be paid out-of-pocket.
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These might apply to children who are considered too disobedient or underachieving, children from families with divorced spouses, and children to whom the parents do not much relate.
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Full retirement age spouses and divorced spouses (married over 10 years before divorce) are entitled to the higher of 50% of the wage earners benefits or their own earned benefits.
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