divorce court
Americannoun
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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
If he was, he’d have gone back to divorce court a long time ago to force his ex to sell the house.
From Slate ● Apr. 29, 2024
Now that the relationship looks as if it may be headed to divorce court, let’s remember what really matters in any decision to split up: money and power.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 1, 2022
The Duke and Duchess of Argyll duke it out in divorce court in the early 1960s in the fact-based drama “A Very British Scandal.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 17, 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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