2. Verb. (third-person singular of divorce) ¹
3. Noun. (plural of divorcé) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Divorces
1. divorce [v] - See also: divorce
Lexicographical Neighbors of Divorces
Literary usage of Divorces
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"It thus appears at the end of the forty-year period that divorces were increasing
... Two-thirds of the total number of divorces grant«! in the twenty-year ..."
2. Index of Economic Material in Documents of the States of the United States by Adelaide Rosalia Hasse (1908)
"Table showing ratio of divorces granted for each cause In 2 geographical divisions.
... Table showing percentages of divorces In favor of wife, by cos. ..."
3. The Law of Persons and of Domestic Relations by Epaphroditus Peck (1920)
"Absolute and limited divorces. divorces are of two kinds: divorces a vinculo
matrimonii, from the bond of marriage, often called absolute divorces, ..."
4. The Law of Marriage and Divorce, Giving the Law in All the States and by Frank H Keezer (1906)
"Legislative divorces. 65. Deeds of separation. In early times divorces were
granted by the legislature, and may be now, unless the constitution of the state ..."
5. A Treatise on the Conflict of Laws: Or, Private International Law by Francis Wharton (1906)
"Foreign divorces should be closely scrutinized on account of looseness of ...
That state divorces do not conflict with the Constitution of the United States ..."
6. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1872)
"Section 2 provided that the seventh section of the old act should be amended to
read as follows: " divorces shall be decreed upon the application of the ..."