Elopement
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
The act ofa wife who voluntarily deserts her husband to cohabit with another man.
2 Bl. Comm. 130.
To constitute an elopement, the wife must not only leave the husband, but go beyond his house belonging to him, it is said not to be an elopement.
3N. H. 42. “ELSEWHERE.”
In another place; in any other place. See 1 Vern. 4, and note. In shipping articles, this term, following the designation of the port of destination, must be construed either as void for uncertainty or as subordinate to the principal voyage stated in \he preceding words.
2 Gall. 477.