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The 1939 act (Act No. 8 of 1939) is meant to consolidate and clarify the provisions of Muslim Law relating to suits for dissolution of marriage brought by women married under Muslim Law. The act received assent of the Governor-General on 17 March 1939. [3] In Muslim law, the wife can claim divorce under extrajudicial or judicial modes.
In India, Section 13(2)(iv) of the Hindu Marriage Act and Section 2(vii) of the Dissolution of Muslim Marriages Act, 1939 gave young wives the option, within time limits, while Section 3(3) of the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006 gave both husbands and wives the choice, as well as a little more time to exercise it. [4]
Divorce (also known as dissolution of marriage) is the process of terminating a marriage or marital union. [1] Divorce usually entails the canceling or reorganising of the legal duties and responsibilities of marriage, thus dissolving the bonds of matrimony between a married couple under the rule of law of the particular country or state.
My NC family is grateful to Senators Tillis and Burr for protecting same-sex marriage. | Letters to the editor
HIGH POINT, N.C. (AP) - On the summer night Ellen Gerber and Pearl Berlin committed to spending their lives together, the No. 1 song was "When A Man Loves A Woman." Lyndon B. Johnson was president.
The secretary of state maintains offices in the Revenue Building (pictured) at 2 S Salisbury St. in Raleigh. [13] The secretary of state is a constitutional officer. [14] Article III, Section 7, of the Constitution of North Carolina stipulates the popular election of the secretary of state every four years.
Sen. Tillis honored the values of the majority of North Carolinians by voting to protect marriage rights. | Letters to the editor
The Constitution of the State of North Carolina governs the structure and function of the state government of North Carolina, one of the U.S. states; it is the highest legal document for the state and subjugates North Carolina law. (Like all U.S. state constitutions, it is still subject to federal judicial review.) The first North Carolina ...