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Enoch Arden law

noun

Etymology

Named after Tennyson's 1864 melodrama Enoch Arden.

Definitions

  1. A law that grants a divorce, or a legal exemption to allow remarrying, when a person's…

    A law that grants a divorce, or a legal exemption to allow remarrying, when a person's spouse has been absent without explanation for a certain period, typically seven years.

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