The question of English divorce : an essay.

Date:
1903
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    and the widest intellect of that time— Lord Lyndhurst—did his utmost to obtain some relaxation of the proposed laws, and strenuously urged—just as the Royal Commission of Edward VI. had urged in their Reformatio Legttm—that wilful desertion was sufficient cause for divorce ; but his exertions were defeated by the conjoined efforts of the whole bench of bishops, and of Mr. Gladstone. The opposition, to the Bill grounded itself upon the assertion that marriage was indissoluble ; although that opposition had witnessed for years its dissolution by an evasion of the law without protest. This Act of 1857 still remains—with 3. Present P , 1 A 1 Position lew minor amendments — the Act-'that governs divorce and separation at the present day. Its main provisions may be summarised its pro- as follows ;— 1. All jurisdiction in matrimonial mat- ters is exercised by the Civil Court of Divorce. 2. Cause for divorce against a woman visions