decree absolute
Final divorce ruling
A decree absolute is the final order issued by a court that legally ends a marriage, making both parties free to remarry.
In British legal terminology, it follows the earlier decree nisi, which is a provisional ruling that becomes absolute after a waiting period unless cause is shown why the divorce should not proceed.
She received the decree absolute six weeks after the decree nisi was granted.
Breaking up completely
- finalityState of conclusive completion
- separationState of being apart
- annulmentDeclared void from start
- petitionFormal written appeal
petitioner · respondent · settlement · custody · alimony · spouse · matrimony · breakup
Reasoned decision-making capacity
- rulingFormal legal determination
- court orderBinding judicial directive
- final orderConclusive authoritative instruction
- writCourt-issued directive
verdict · pronouncement · enactment · directive · injunction · resolution · statute · mandate
dissolution
Breaking up completely
- finalityState of conclusive completion
- separationState of being apart
- annulmentDeclared void from start
petition · petitioner · respondent · settlement · custody · alimony · spouse · matrimony · breakup · irreconcilable
judgment
Reasoned decision-making capacity
- rulingFormal legal determination
- court orderBinding judicial directive
- final orderConclusive authoritative instruction
writ · verdict · pronouncement · enactment · directive · injunction · resolution · statute · mandate · judicial
- divorcedivorce court, divorce papers, divorce filing, divorce lawyer, divorce petition
- family lawchild custody, child support, alimony, family court, divorce petitions
- court orderscourt order, injunction, order, subpoena, summons
- marriage lawmarriage contract, marriage certificate, matrimony, divorce petition, marriage license
- UK Documentsbirth certificate, death certificate, marriage certificate, driving licence, passport
- judgmentsjudgment call, judge, moral judgment, criticize, value judgment
decree absolutemarriage certificate
Legal proof of wedlock
marriage license · wedding vows · matrimony · civil union · betrothal