Enoch Arden law
Enoch Arden law 〈美〉伊诺克·阿登法 依该法的规定,当夫妻中一方(男方或女方)未说明原因而失踪数年(通常为5年或7年等特定数目的年份)时,为使他或她的配偶可以再婚,法律准予他们离婚或豁免其配偶的责任。这种法律得名于丁尼生〔Tennyson〕的诗歌,该诗歌中的同名英雄,因海难事故被滞留在一荒岛上数年后回家,发现妻子已再婚,他便无私地对妻子隐瞒了自己的身份,让她与现任的丈夫继续共同生活。
ENOCH ARDEN LAW
enoch arden law
Enoch Arden law (ee-n[schwa]k ahrd-[schwa]n). A statute that grants a divorce or an exemption from liability so that a person can remarry when his or her spouse has been absent without explanation for a specified number of years (usu. five or seven). • This type of law is named after a Tennyson poem, in which