Dissolution Of Marriage (Noun)
Meaning
An annulment of a marriage.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- The court granted the dissolution of marriage after it was proved that the wife was already married at the time of their wedding.
- Due to the fraud committed by the husband, the wife sought a dissolution of marriage, which was eventually approved by the court.
- The dissolution of marriage was filed on grounds of bigamy, rendering the marriage void from its inception.
- After discovering that the husband was impotent, the wife requested a dissolution of marriage under the grounds of incapacity to consummate.
- In many jurisdictions, dissolution of marriage is used interchangeably with annulment to describe a marriage that is declared null and void.