legislative divorce
legislative divorce 由立法机关通过颁布法令所确认的离婚 与司法机关判决的离婚不同。这种做法曾一度存在于新英格兰各州，英国议会也曾采用过，但早已被司法判决离婚所取代。 (→parliamentary divorce)
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legislative divorce
legislative divorce
Hist. The legal termination of a particular marriage, enacted by the legislature rather than by a court. • In the 18th century, Colonial American legislatures granted these special statutes. In 1816, the House of Burgesses of Virginia granted a divorce to Rachel Robards Jackson, the wife of then President Andrew Jackson, from a former spouse.
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