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divorce court

American  

noun

  1. a court having jurisdiction over termination of marital relations, as actions for divorce or annulment.


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More important, a divorce court and a credit-card company each dance to the beat of their own drum.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2025

Less frequently produced but no less interesting are chamber operas like “Lilith” — a saucy and inventive take on the story of Adam’s first wife that features a divorce court in the Garden of Eden.

From New York Times ● Apr. 16, 2024

The sundry claims about how rich people these days just seem to have an uncontrollable need to buy the powerful luxury campers and bespoke salmon would offer little solace in such a divorce court proceeding.

From Slate ● Sep. 12, 2023

It should be a law that no marriage license is issued until the parties have spent at least six hours as observers in divorce court.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 29, 2022

In those days people loved each other for their lives, without the conveniences of the divorce court and the psychiatrist.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

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