Word: provisionally
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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The election results shed considerably less credit on the white voters of Alabama, who overwhelmingly endorsed Lurleen Wallace as her segregationist husband's puppet candidate in a cynical attempt to evade the state's constitutional provision that prohibits a Governor from succeeding himself (see following story). Civil Rights...
Also, some "necessary" parts of a building, such as the furnace, are not counted in the base property. One point of dispute is whether the motel's cocktail bar qualifies under this provision. City officials claim the bar is part of the motel's operation and not "necessary."
As voters watched over TV for the first time, the blue-shirted lawmakers enacted a new divorce code that broadened even the old adultery provision: it classifies sodomy and a homosexual act by either spouse as adultery. In addition, New Yorkers may now divorce on four new grounds: cruel and...
The main clash came over the separation provision, which Catholic critics branded "divorce by consent." Actually, easier divorce may now be possible under the new law's vague cruelty provision, depending on how much proof of "cruelty" the state's judges demand. In many other states, cruelty is...
Critics claim that this provision's use against the typical Nevada or Idaho divorce is barred by the U.S. Constitution, which commands all states to give "full faith and credit" to one another's court judgments. As for Mexican divorces, the New York Court of Appeals has declared...