Matrimonial Causes
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
In the English ecclesiastical courts there are five kinds of causes which are classed under this head, viz.: Causes for a malicious jactitation; suits for nullity of marriage, on account of fraud, incest, or other bar to the marriage (2 Hagg. Consist. 423); suits for restitution of conjugal rights; suits for divorces on account of cruelty or adultery, or causes which have arisen since the marriage; suits for alimony.