See Also: MATRIMONIAL CAUSES(law)
matrimonial(dictionary)
Commonwealth(encyclopedia)
commonwealth(dictionary)
commonwealth(dictionary)
Commonwealth Games(encyclopedia)
First Commonwealth Bank(finance)
commonwealth (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
British Commonwealth(dictionary)
Commonwealth Games, the(dictionary)

MATRIMONIAL CAUSES (law) and Commonwealth (sh)


MATRIMONIAL CAUSES (law)


MATRIMONIAL CAUSES. In the English ecclesiastical courts there are five kinds of causes which are classed under this head. 1. Causes for a malicious kinds of causes which are classed under this head. 1. Causes for a malicious jactitation. 2. Suits for nullity of Marriage, on account of fraud, incest, jactitation. 2. Suits for nullity of Marriage, on account of fraud, incest, or Other bar to the Marriage. 2 Hagg. Cons. Rep. 423. 3. Suits for or Other bar to the Marriage. 2 Hagg. Cons. Rep. 423. 3. Suits for restitution of conjugal rights. 4. Suits for divorces on account of cruelty restitution of conjugal rights. 4. Suits for divorces on account of cruelty or adultery, or causes which have arisen since the Marriage. 5. Suits for or adultery, or causes which have arisen since the Marriage. 5. Suits for alimony. alimony.

Commonwealth (sh)




or Commonwealth of Nations

Free association of sovereign states consisting of Britain and many of its former dependencies who have chosen to maintain ties of friendship and cooperation.

It was established in 1931 by the Statute of Westminster as the British Commonwealth of Nations. Later its name was changed and it was redefined to include independent nations. Most of the dependent states that gained independence after 1947 chose Commonwealth membership. The British monarch serves as its symbolic head, and meetings of the more than 50 Commonwealth heads of government take place every two years. See also British empire.