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  • 71wilful desertion of spouse — A desertion of one s spouse with evil intent and malice; a desertion in disregard of the duty to one s spouse. 27 Am J1st H & W § 437. As a ground for divorce: abandonment of one s spouse with an intent to terminate the marriage relation or an… …

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  • 72Sarah Brown (spouse) — Infobox Person name = Sarah Brown image size = caption = birth name = Sarah Macaulay birth date = Birth date and age|1963|10|31|df=yes [ [http://www.geneall.net/U/per page.php?id=627786 GeneAll.net Sarah Macaulay ] ] birth place = Buckinghamshire …

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  • 73predeceased spouse — In the law of wills, a spouse who dies before the will maker while still married to him or her. Category: Wills, Trusts & Estates → Wills Nolo’s Plain English Law Dictionary. Gerald N. Hill, Kathleen Thompson Hill. 2009 …

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  • 74non-entitled spouse — See entitled spouse. Collins dictionary of law. W. J. Stewart. 2001 …

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  • 75battered child/spouse syndrome — A condition created by sustained physical, sexual, and/or emotional abuse, which creates a variety of physical and emotional symptoms. Dictionary from West s Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. battered child/spouse syndrome …

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  • 76office spouse — UK US noun [C] INFORMAL ► WORKPLACE a person that you work with and have a close relationship with, but not in a sexual way: »Even if your relationship with your office spouse is totally platonic, it may be a source of gossip among your… …

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  • 77trailing spouse — (TRAY.ling spows) n. In a relationship, the person who gives up their job in order to follow the other person to a new location where that person has found employment. Example Citation: Not fitting in socially may seem like a small thing. But it… …

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  • 78abandonment of spouse — The unjustified separation of one spouse from the other with the deliberate intention of the offender to terminate the matrimonial relation. Bennett v Bennett, 197 Md 408, 79 A2d 513, 29 ALR2d 467. As the word is used in the state of Kentucky in… …

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  • 79renunciation by surviving spouse — A refusal of dower or statutory share of a surviving spouse in the estate of a decedent in order to take under his or her will; a rejection of provisions of a will in order to take dower or the statutory share of a surviving spouse. 25 Am J2d Dow …

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  • 80surviving spouse — A widow or widower. Category: Wills, Trusts & Estates → Estates, Executors & Probate Court Category: Wills, Trusts & Estates → Living Trusts & Avoiding Probate Category: Wills, Trusts & Estates → Wills Nolo’s Plain English Law Dictionary. Gerald… …

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