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Word: divorcee (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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With Burton's divorce two weeks ago, Eddie's usefulness ended; and Elizabeth Taylor almost immediately began to complain to the press that Fisher was in the way, that he was slowing things up, and that he was holding out for a payoff of more than $1,000...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stars: A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to Decorum | 1/3/1964 | See Source »

As for his reported insistence on a $1,000,000-plus settlement, it was just not true. In fact, said Eddie, he had no clear idea what sort of divorce settlement Elizabeth wanted. "I'm not objecting to giving up anything. The one thing I'd like to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Stars: A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to Decorum | 1/3/1964 | See Source »

Bigamists & Bribes. The catch is in the key concept of jurisdiction. Unless the Juárez court also has jurisdiction over the other partner to the marriage, that partner can upset the divorce in his home state simply by bringing it to court. The practice until recently has been to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Domestic Relations: The Perils of Mexican Divorce | 12/27/1963 | See Source »

But will even such careful legal foresight stand up? Mexican lawyers not in the divorce trade point with a glint of malice to the Mexican federal law requiring foreigners to get divorces by the laws of Mexico City, which do not permit divorce by mutual consent as in Chihuahua. By...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Domestic Relations: The Perils of Mexican Divorce | 12/27/1963 | See Source »

There is still a prevalent concept in U.S. law that only the state of "domicile"-where the parties really live-has power to end marriages. State courts may question whether Mexico has jurisdiction to grant a valid divorce to people with their return plane reservations in their pockets. Thus, many...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Domestic Relations: The Perils of Mexican Divorce | 12/27/1963 | See Source »

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