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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Interim divorce order which is open to challenge during a fixed period of time.  4, record 1, English, - decree%20nisi

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Every decree of divorce is in the first instance a decree nisi and no such decree shall be made absolute until three months have elapsed from the granting of the decree and the court is satisfied that every right to appeal from the judgment granting the decree has been exhausted.  2, record 1, English, - decree%20nisi

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS

jugement conditionnel : terme recommandé par le Comité d'uniformisation des règles de procédure civile dans le cadre du PAJLO.  5, record 1, French, - jugement%20conditionnel

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 2,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Subsection 16(10) of the [Divorce] Act contains the "friendly parent" rule which directs courts when granting custody to take into account the willingness of the parent seeking custody to maximize the contact of the other parent with the child of the marriage.  2, record 2, English, - friendly%20parent%20rule

Record 2,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS

règle du parent bien disposé : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).  2, record 2, French, - r%C3%A8gle%20du%20parent%20bien%20dispos%C3%A9

Record 2,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 3,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT

As might be supposed, when it was more difficult to obtain a divorce, there was a temptation for parties to make arrangements to falsify either evidence or the fact that the plaintiff was aggrieved by the ground put forward, which was typically adultery. Such collusive agreements were illegal and would bar the granting of a decree. Nowadays, the [Divorce] Act still makes collusion a bar to divorce, but defines it in a way that makes it unlikely...  3, record 3, English, - bar%20to%20divorce

Record 3,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS

empêchement au divorce : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).  2, record 3, French, - emp%C3%AAchement%20au%20divorce

Record 3,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 4,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT

In a divorce action, the order of the court granting the divorce in the first instance is called a decree nisi, and is subsequently followed by a final order called decree absolute. Ordinarily, a period of three months should elapse between the pronouncement of the decree nisi and the decree absolute...  5, record 4, English, - decree%20absolute

Record 4,  Textual support,  French

Record 4,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 5,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 CONT

[The] complete divorce formerly occurred in England only when Parliament, by a private act made for the case, annulled a marriage. But in 1857, by the Statute of 21 Vict. ch. 85, a new court was established, under the name of "The Court for Divorce and Matrimonial Causes. "To this court is given the power exercised by Parliament of granting divorces, and all the jurisdiction over matrimonial questions formerly vested in the ecclesiastical courts.  1, record 5, English, - Court%20for%20Divorce%20and%20Matrimonial%20Causes

Record 5,  Textual support,  French

Record 5,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 6,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 CONT

The court, in granting a divorce, may order either spouse to pay to the other, as consideration for the latter's contribution, in goods or services, to the enrichment of the patrimony of the former, an allowance payable immediately or by instalments, taking into account, in particular, the advantages of the matrimonial regime and marriage contract. The compensatory allowance may be paid, wholly or in part, by the granting of a right of ownership, use or habitation in accordance with articles 458 to 462.  1, record 6, English, - compensatory%20allowance

Record 6,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Au moment où il prononce le divorce, le tribunal peut ordonner à l'un des époux de verser à l'autre, en compensation de l'apport, en biens ou services, de ce dernier à l'enrichissement du patrimoine de son conjoint, une prestation payable au comptant ou par versements, en tenant compte, notamment, des avantages que procurent le régime matrimonial et le contrat de mariage. Cette prestation compensatoire peut être payée, en tout ou en partie, par l'attribution d'un droit de propriété, d'usage ou d'habitation, conformément aux articles 458 à 462.  1, record 6, French, - prestation%20compensatoire

Record 6,  Textual support,  Spanish