Matrimdnial Causes

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. Cons. 423; suits for restitution of conjugal rights; suits for divorce on account of cruelty or adultery, or causes which have arisen since the marriage; suits for alimony. Matrimonial causes were formerly a branch of the ecclesiastical jurisdiction. By the Divorce Act of 1857, they passed under the cognizance of the court for divorce and matrimonial causes created by that act. The Jurisdiction Is now vested in the Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division of the High Court of Justice. See Courts of England.