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CUI ANTE DIVORTIUM

Categories: Property

Definition (1910 Edition)

(To whom before divorce.) A writ for a woman divorced from her husband to recover her lands and tenements which she had in feesimple or in tail, or for life, from him to whom her husband alienated them during the marriage, when she could not gainsay it. Reg. Orig. 233.
Source: Black's Law Dictionary, 2nd Edition (1910) — Public Domain. UK commentary and modern updates are original additions. This entry is for educational reference only and does not constitute legal advice.