Press enter after choosing selection

The Law Of Divorce In Different Countries

The Law Of Divorce In Different Countries image
Parent Issue
Day
23
Month
July
Year
1880
Copyright
Public Domain
OCR Text

Australiana Jivorcos hayc never been sanotioncd in Australia. Jewa. In uiden time-i the Jews had a discretionar; power of divorciug their wive-. Javans. If the wil'o bc diantisfled she can obtain ;i divorce by paying a certain suni. Thibetans. Divorcos are seldom allowed, unliv-s with the consent of both partios, neither of' whom can afterwards re-marry. Moors. If the wife does not becoine the mother of a boy she may be divorced with the consent of the tribe, and she can marry again. Abyssinions. No form of marriage is neccsi-ary. The eonneetion ruav bo dissolvcd aud reuewed as of 'ten as the partios think proper. Siberians. If the man be diss;itistied with the most trilling acts of his wifc, he tears her cap or veil from ht:r head, and this constitutes a divorce. Corean. The husband can divorce his wife, or treasure, and leave her the charge of maintaiuiug thu cbildron. It' sho proves unfaithful he can put her to death. Siamese. The tirst wife may be divoreed, not sold, as the others may be. She then may claim the first, third and fifth child, and the altérnate ohildren are yielded to the husband. Aretic región. Whcn a man desires a divorce he eaves the house in anger, and does not return tbr several days. The wife understands the hint, packs her clothesand leaves. Drusë and Turkomen. Among lliese people, if a wifo asks her busband's pernn.s.-kui to go out, and he says "Go " wuh out adding, " but come back again," slieis divorced. Thongh both parties desire it, they cannot live together without being remarried. Cochin Chinese. .If the partios choose to separate, they break a pair of chop-sticks or a copper coiu in the presence of witnosses, by which aotion the union is dissolvcd. The hu.sband must restore to the wife the propeny belougiug to her prior to her marriage. American Indians. Among some tribes the i'ieees of sticks piven the witnestes of the marriagi', are brokon as a sign of divorce. Usually new conoectiops are f'ormed without the old ones being dissolved. A man never di vorces his wife if' she has borne him sons. Tartars. The husband may put away bis partner and seek anuther wheu it pisases him, and the wife may do tho same. If she be ill treated she oomplainsto the niugigtrato, who, attended by the principal people, accoiuparíes her to the house and pronounces a formal divorco. Chinese. Divorces are allowed in all cases of crimicality, mutual dislike, jealousy, ineompatibility of temper, or too tuuch loquacity on the part of' the wife. The hu-band cannot sell his wife until she leaves him, and becomes a slave to him by actiou of the law for desertion. A son is bound to divorce his wife if' she displeascs his parents. Circassians. Two kinds of divorce are granted in Circussia - one total, the other provisional. When the first is allowed the parties can immediately marry again ; where the second exists the couple agree to separate for a yoar, and if at the espiration of that time, tho husband does not send for his wife, her relations may eommand to him a tntal divorce. Grecians. A settlcmcnt was usually given to a wife at marriage for support in case of' a divorce. Tho wife's portion was then reatored to lier, and the husband required to pay uionthly interest, for its use during the time he detained it from her. Usually the men could put their wives away on slight occasions. Even the f'ear of haviug too large a fainily sufficcd. Divorces scarce ly ever occur in modern Greeoe. Hindoos. Kither party for a slight cause may leave the other and marry. When both desire it there is not the least trouble. If a man calis bis wife " mothar," it isconsidered indelicate to live wilb her again. Among one tribc, the "Gores," if the wife bo unfaitliful, the husband cannot obtain a divorce unless he gives her all the property and children. A woman, on the contrary, may leave whcn she picases, and marry another man, and convey to him the entire property of her fbraier husband. Romans. In olden timis a man might divorce his wifo if' she were unfaithfu!, if she counterfeited his private keys, or drank without his knowledge. They would divorce their wives when they pleased. Notwithstanding this, ölil years elapsed without one divoroe. Afterward a law was passed allowing either sex to niako the application. Divorces then bccame frequent on the slightest pretexts. Séneca says that sotno women no longer reckoned the years by the consola, bat by the number of their hu.-lianda. St. Jeromo sjieaks of a man who had buried 2U wives, and a woman who had buried 22 husbands. The Empcror Augustus endeavored to restrain th.) licenec by penaltics.

Article

Subjects
Ann Arbor Courier
Old News