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a vinculo matrimonii
pertaining to or noting a divorce that absolutely dissolves the marriage bond and releases the spouses from all matrimonial obligations: a divorce a vinculo matrimonii. -
divorce court
a court having jurisdiction over termination of marital relations, as actions for divorce or annulment. -
divorce mill
a divorce court, especially such a court in a state or country that does not impose difficult requirements, as a long period of residence or humiliating grounds, on those who wish to dissolve their marriage. -
divorcement
divorce; separation. -
a mensa et thoro
denoting or relating to a form of divorce in which the parties remain married but do not cohabit: abolished in England in 1857 -
adjustment disorder
a mental disorder that occurs as a maladaptive reaction to an episode of psychological, social, or physical stress, as divorce or a natural disaster.