Malicious Abandonment
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
The forsaking without a just cause a husband by the wife, or a wife by her husband. See ABAirooNMEurT: Divobcb.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
In criminni law. The desertion of a wife or husband without just cause.
Defined under Malicious in Black's Law Dictionary.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
In criminal law. The desertion of a wife or busband without just cause.