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Word: calzada (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...easygoing law was quietly repealed, largely because of pressure from Mexico's federal government, which for years has been embarrassed at the image Juárez gave the country. Because it was Mexico, no one was entirely sure of what the new divorce rules were, but Eugenio Calzada, a highly respected Juárez lawyer, said flatly: "Divorces for Americans are finished." From now on, Americans will apparently have no place to which they can travel alone, shed a mate in one day and be reasonably sure that the divorce will stand up. The shortest residency requirement now available...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Law: Demise of the Quickie Divorce | 11/16/1970 | See Source »

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