Cruelty Any act of inflicting unnecessary emotional or physical pain.
Cruelty in Divorce Law
Most jurisdictions now allow divorce on the grounds of a separation for a defined period of time (such as, in Canada, one (1) year).
Cruelty
Concious and cruel attempt of causing physical or mental pain to people or animals.Cruelty is a strong ground for divorce in a husband-wife relationship.
CRUELTY - This word has different meanings, as it is applied to different things. Cruelty may be: 1. From husband towards the wife, or vice versa; 2. From superior towards inferior; 3. From master towards slave; 4. To animals.
cruelty to animals
n. the crime of inflicting physical pain, suffering or death on an animal, usually a tame one, beyond necessity for normal discipline.
cruelty to animals
Cruzan v. Missouri Department of Health (1990)
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Mental cruelty
Definition - Noun
: conduct by one spouse that renders the other's life miserable and unendurable and that is a ground for divorce
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SAEVETIA
Cruelty. (q. v.) It is required in order to constitute saevetia that there should exist such a degree of cruelty as to endanger the party~s suffering... more ...
As an example of a modern definition, Canada has defined obscene material as any publication a dominant characteristic of which is the undue exploitation of sex, or of sex and crime, horror, cruelty or violence.
Furthermore, the ordinances were so underinclusive in their attempt to promote public health and prevent animal cruelty that they violated the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
Divorces can be obtained by showing a fault of the other spouse, such as adultery or cruelty. But a court will refuse to grant a divorce based on these grounds if there has been "condonation", which is the obvious or implied forgiveness of the fault.
It may be granted for the causes of extreme cruelty or desertion of the wife by the husband. 2 Eccl. Rep. 208. This kind of divorce does not affect the legitimacy of children, nor authorize a second marriage. V. A vinculo matrimonii; Cruelty Divorce.
Condonation - Divorces can be obtained by showing a fault of the other spouse, such as adultery or cruelty.
child abuse - Any form of cruelty to a child's physical, moral or mental well-being.
circumstantial evidence - All evidence of an indirect nature. Testimony not based on actual personal knowledge or observation of the facts in controversy.
Generally used in reference to divorces which can be obtained by showing a fault of the other spouse, such as adultery or cruelty. But a court will refuse to grant a divorce based on these grounds if there has been "condonation".
fault divorce - Traditional grounds for divorce in which a husband or wife can file on fault grounds for divorce under the theory of marital misconduct i.e. adultery, confinement in prison, cruelty, desertion, ...
ABANDONMENT OF WIFE AND CHILDREN is dealt with under Desertion, and the abandonment or exposure of a young child under the age of two, which is an indictable misdemeanour, is dealt with under Cruelty To Children.
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The most common grounds are adultery, desertion, and physical or mental cruelty. Habitual drunkenness, incurable mental illness, conviction of a crime, nonsupport, or constructive abandonment are other grounds for establishing fault.
The traditional fault grounds for divorce are adultery, cruelty, desertion, confinement in prison, physical incapacity and incurable insanity. These grounds are also generally referred to as marital misconduct.
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