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divorce court

noun

  1. a court having jurisdiction over termination of marital relations, as actions for divorce or annulment.


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On my first day in divorce court the judge peered at me over her spectacles and strongly recommended I stop being so stubborn.

But this may be the nadir: Coleman on Divorce Court, leaving the resolution of his marital difficulties to Judge Lynn Toler.

But a funny thing happened on the way to divorce court: Love won over.

But he is about to face the biggest threat to his reputation and personal fortune: divorce court.

One relative goes clamorously into the divorce court while another wins celebration by the showy style of a bodice.

To the Sicilian, for example, marital infidelity means the stiletto; to the American, the divorce court.

It is the Kenmore pride, that is afraid of being dragged through the mire of the divorce court!

If I were a lady married to the wrong man, I'd have the right one if I had to go through the divorce court for him.

Cigarettes, latch-keys, and a summary of divorce court proceedings will be kept on the premises.

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