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DECREE DIVORCE [18 records]

Record 1 2024-04-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Family Law (common law)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la famille (common law)
OBS

jugement conditionnel : Équivalent de «decree nisi» recommandé par le Comité d'uniformisation des règles de procédure civile.

Spanish

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Record 2 2017-08-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Decisions (Practice and Procedural Law)
  • Family Law (common law)
DEF

A judgment which grants a divorce, not to be distinguished from judgments rendered in cases other than divorce actions, in the absence of statutory provisions creating such distinction.

CONT

When the court renders a judgment of divorce, separation from bed and board or dissolution of civil union, it also rules on certain issues covered by the term accessory measures also known as corollary relief.

PHR

decree absolute of divorce

French

Domaine(s)
  • Décisions (Droit judiciaire)
  • Droit de la famille (common law)
DEF

Le jugement qui prononce le divorce crée pour les époux divorcés un nouvel état.

PHR

jugement irrévocable de divorce

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Decisiones (Derecho procesal)
  • Derecho de familia (common law)
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Record 3 2017-08-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Decisions (Practice and Procedural Law)
  • Family Law (common law)
DEF

Interim divorce order which is open to challenge during a fixed period of time.

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.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Décisions (Droit judiciaire)
  • Droit de la famille (common law)
OBS

jugement conditionnel : terme recommandé par le Comité d'uniformisation des règles de procédure civile dans le cadre du PAJLO.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Decisiones (Derecho procesal)
  • Derecho de familia (common law)
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Record 4 2015-09-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Law of Security
  • Rules of Court
CONT

A memorial of a judgment obtained in the Supreme Court, or of a decree of The Court of Divorce and Matrimonial Causes providing for the payment of alimony or other money... binds the lands of the person against whom the judgment was recovered, decree or execution issued.

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des sûretés
  • Règles de procédure
CONT

L'extrait d'un jugement obtenu de la Cour suprême, d'un jugement de la Cour des divorces et des causes matrimoniales prévoyant le paiement d'une pension alimentaire ou d'autres sommes d'argent [...] grève les biens-fonds de la personne contre laquelle le jugement a été obtenu ou le bref d'exécution décerné.

OBS

extrait de jugement : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l’accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 5 2015-06-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Family Law (common law)
  • Legal Actions
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...

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit de la famille (common law)
  • Actions en justice
OBS

empêchement au divorce : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 6 2015-06-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Family Law (common law)
  • PAJLO
OBS

A defence upon proof of which the court has a discretion to refuse to grant a decree or judgment of divorce.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la famille (common law)
  • PAJLO
DEF

Moyen de défense qui fait obstacle au prononcé d'un jugement de divorce, mais qui peut être écarté en vertu du pouvoir discrétionnaire du tribunal.

OBS

empêchement discrétionnaire au divorce : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 7 2015-05-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Family Law (common law)
OBS

The terms "decree for divorce", "decree of divorce" and "divorce decree" are still used in the United Kingdom, but have given way to "divorce judgement", "divorce judgment", "judgement for divorce", "judgment for divorce", "judgement of divorce" or "judgment of divorce" in Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit de la famille (common law)
OBS

jugement de divorce : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 8 2015-01-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Family Law (common law)
OBS

The term is no longer in use in Canada, but is still used in the United Kingdom.

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit de la famille (common law)
OBS

jugement irrévocable de divorce : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 9 2014-05-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Succession (civil law)
  • Law of Estates (common law)
CONT

... when a divorce decree has been entered or a marriage has been annulled, the ex-spouse is not considered to be a "surviving spouse" and is not entitled to inherit under intestate succession.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit successoral (droit civil)
  • Droit successoral (common law)
CONT

Conditions tenant à la personne du bénéficiaire [...] Le bénéficiaire doit être apte à hériter. C’est la conséquence la plus directe de ce que le droit de retour légal est en principe un droit de nature successorale.

Spanish

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Record 10 2014-04-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Family Law (common law)
CONT

To have a contested case heard by a divorce commissioner, the parties must submit a Decree of Reference to the clerk's office endorsed by both parties indicating their agreement that the case be heard by a divorce commissioner or a divorce commissioner may be appointed upon motion of either party or the court for good cause shown.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la famille (common law)

Spanish

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Record 11 2013-11-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Family Law (common law)
OBS

The term is no longer in use in Canada, but is still used in the United Kingdom.

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit de la famille (common law)
OBS

jugement conditionnel de divorce : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 12 2013-11-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Decisions (Practice and Procedural Law)
  • Citizenship and Immigration
  • Family Law (civil law)
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...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Décisions (Droit judiciaire)
  • Citoyenneté et immigration
  • Droit de la famille (droit civil)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Decisiones (Derecho procesal)
  • Ciudadanía e inmigración
  • Derecho de familia (derecho civil)
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Record 13 2004-03-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Legal Profession: Organization
  • Family Law (common law)
OBS

His function is, in a proper case, to intervene to show cause why a decree nisi of divorce or nullity should not be made absolute because material facts were not brought before the court.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation de la profession (Droit)
  • Droit de la famille (common law)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organización de la profesión (Derecho)
  • Derecho de familia (common law)
DEF

Representante del Estado con capacidad para intervenir en las demandas complejas de divorcio [...]

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Record 14 2001-08-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Family Law (common law)
OBS

The marriage shall be deemed to have been solemnized or nullified or a divorce deemed to have been made absolute on the last day of the year preceding the registered date of the marriage or the judgment of nullity or the effective date of a decree absolute of the divorce; and...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la famille (common law)
OBS

Le mariage est réputé célébré ou annulé et le divorce réputé irrévocable le dernier jour de l'année précédant la date enregistrée du mariage ou du jugement en nullité ou la date à laquelle le jugement irrévocable de divorce est exécutoire; [...]

Spanish

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Record 15 2001-07-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Family Law (common law)
  • Law of Contracts (common law)
  • Phraseology
OBS

The marriage shall be deemed to have been solemnized or nullified or a divorce deemed to have been made absolute on the last day of the year preceding the registered date of the marriage or the judgment of nullity or the effective date of a decree absolute of the divorce; and...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la famille (common law)
  • Droit des contrats (common law)
  • Phraséologie
OBS

Le mariage est réputé célébré ou annulé et le divorce réputé irrévocable le dernier jour de l'année précédant la date enregistrée du mariage ou du jugement en nullité ou la date à laquelle le jugement irrévocable de divorce est exécutoire [...]

OBS

On utilise fort souvent «dissolution du mariage» dissolution est le substantif dérivé du verbe dissoudre. Pour ainsi dire, ce terme est utilisé dans le sens de l'extinction d'un lien conjugal qui existait entre deux personnes

Spanish

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Record 16 1995-06-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Family Law (common law)
CONT

"Matrimonial proceeding" means any application for a decree or order of divorce but an application for maintenance or alimony only

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la famille (common law)

Spanish

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Record 17 1986-07-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Family Law (common law)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la famille (common law)

Spanish

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Record 18 1984-11-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private Law

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit privé

Spanish

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