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and be reimbursed the difference as part of the expense of his office.

8. This Act shall continue in force until the thirty-first day of July, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, and no longer.

FURTHER

RULES AND REGULATIONS

MADE UNDER

The Provisions of 20 & 21 Vict. c. 85, 21 & 22 Vict. c. 108, and 22 & 23 Vict. c. 61.

(These Rules are in continuation of those on pp. lix & lx of Appendix I.)

Alimony.

9. The Wife, being Petitioner in a cause, may proceed to file her petition for Alimony at any time after personal service of the Citation on the Husband, or after service in some other mode substituted by order of the Judge Ordinary or after he has dispensed with service on the husband; provided the factum of marriage between the parties is established by affidavit filed in the cause, and a copy of such petition shall be served personally on the Husband; or application may be made to the Judge Ordinary to substitute some other mode of service, or to dispense with service of the same.

10. The Wife being the respondent in a cause must enter an appearance to the Citation before she can file a petition for Alimony. The Husband being the respondent must enter an appearance to the Citation before he can file an answer to a petition for Alimony.

11. The Wife may at any time after the answer of the Husband to her petition for Alimony has been filed, or, in case no answer has been filed, at any time after the expiration of the period allowed for filing an answer, proceed to examine witnesses in support of her petition, and move the Court to decree her Alimony pendente lite, the same notice of such proceeding and motion as required by Rule 28, being first given to the Husband, or, in case an appearance has been entered for him, to his Proctor, Solicitor, or Attorney, unless the Court on motion made shall have dispensed with the service of such notice.

12. If the Wife objects to the answer of the Husband to her petition for Alimony as insufficient, she may move the Court to order a further and fuller answer to be given by him, or to order the attendance of the Husband on the hearing of the petition, for the purpose of being examined thereon in open court.

13. No affidavits can be read or made use of as evidence in support of or in opposition to the averments contained in a petition for Alimony, or in an answer to such a petition. But if the answer alleges that the wife has property of her own, she may answer that allegation by affidavit.

Entry of Appearance to Citation.

14. An appearance to a Citation by or on behalf of the party cited may be entered at any time pending the proceedings in the cause, by leave of the Judge Ordinary, subject to such conditions as may be thought just.

15. After appearance entered by or on behalf of a respondent or co-respondent, they may be heard in respect of any question as to costs of suit, and the respondent may be also heard in respect to any question as to custody of children, although they have filed no answer to the petition in the principal cause, but they are not at liberty to bring in affidavits touching matters in issue in the principal cause, and no such affidavits can be read or made use of as evidence in the cause.

FURTHER

RULES AND REGULATIONS

MADE UNDER

The Provisions of 20 & 21 Vict. c. 85, 21 & 22 Vict. c. 108, 22 & 23 Vict. c. 61, and 23 & 24 Vict. c. 144.

Intervention pending Suit.

16. When the Queen's Proctor by leave of the Court intervenes he shall, within eight days after such leave obtained, enter an appearance, and plead to the petition; and all subsequent pleadings shall proceed between the petitioner and the intervener according to the Rules established with regard to pleadings between the original parties in the cause.

Showing Cause against a Decree.

17. Any person wishing to show cause against making absolute a decree nisi for dissolution of a marriage shall enter an appearance, and such appearance shall be accompanied by an address within three miles of the General Post Office, at which it shall be sufficient to serve all notices, and leave copies of instruments which are to be delivered to such person.

18. Every such person shall at the time of entering an appearance, or within four days thereafter, file affidavits setting forth the facts upon which he relies.

19. Upon the same day on which such person files his affidavits he shall deliver a copy of the same to the party in the cause in whose favour a decree nisi for dissolution of marriage has been pronounced.

20. The party in the cause in whose favour the decree nisi for dissolution of marriage has been pronounced may, within eight days after delivery of the affidavits, or within such further time as may be allowed by the Court, file affidavits in answer, and shall forthwith give notice of his having done so.

21. The questions raised on such affidavits shall be argued at such time as the Judge Ordinary may appoint; and if he thinks fit to direct any controverted questions of fact to be tried by a jury, the same shall be settled and tried in the same manner and subject to the same rules as any other issue tried in this Court.

(Signed)

CAMPBELL, C.

A. E. COCKBURN.
W. ERLE.

FRED. POLLOCK.

C. CRESSWELL.

WM. WIGHTMAN.

EDW. VAUGHAN WILLIAMS.

J. B. BYLES.

H. S. KEATING.

INDEX.

A.

ADMIRALTY COURT,

Judge of, may be authorized to act as Judge Ordi-

nary

ADMISSION OF DOCUMENTS,

notice to admit or to produce

form of

consequences of neglect or refusal.

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xxvii

39, Ivi

lxxvi

40

ADULTERER,

evidence against

to be made a co-respondent on petition of hus-
band for dissolution of marriage

unless the Court directs otherwise

and may be ordered to pay the costs

90-101

156

156

76, 156, 157

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husband may, by petition to the Court, claim da-
mages from

claim to be tried on same principles as an
action of crim. con.

and the damages to be ascertained by a jury

ADULTERESS,

dissolution of marriage decreed against

93

evidence against

93-98

may, by direction of the Court, be made a respon-
dent to petition of wife for a dissolution of mar-
riage, and ordered to pay costs

156

ADULTERY,

is a ground of relief wherever there is a lawful mar-
riage

87

marriage is the first ground in a suit by reason of
identity is an essential point

a ground of dissolution, if committed by wife

coupled with cruelty, bigamy, desertion, incest,

rape, or sodomy, if by husband

conduct short of, not sufficient

direct proof of, not required

facts to prove, must be taken together

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ADULTERY-continued.

innocence of, is presumed

if intercourse limited, specific facts must be pleaded
parties not competent to prove

other party to, a suspicious witness

in suit against wife for, husband bound to show care
of wife

birth of child, with non-access of husband, fuli

evidence

fact of sleeping in separate beds, held deceptive
general cohabitation is sufficient

other facts

a woman going to a brothel is conclusive
calling at an unmarried man's lodging is not
though with other facts it is

visit from a defendant in crim. con.

after a verdict against him, conclusive

admission of gentleman to bed-room is evidence

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of young man clandestinely to house at night is
letter indicating periodical indisposition is

associating clandestinely

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93

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96

96

96

96

97

97

97

97

must be so proved as not to show a bar.
by husband ground of judicial separation

102

98

persevering attempts by, to debauch, are evidence of
facts in charge of, to be considered

is not so conclusively proved by his entering a bro-
thel

venereal disease is evidence of

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