Word: refuse
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Through a huissier, a process server, an official notification of the divorce proceedings is presented at the domicile of the defendant. In the usual American case he is asked return to the wife, and it is this written refusal which constitutes the injure grave, or grave insult upon which the later action is taken. This is legally termed "refus de reintegrer le domicile conjugal," or a refusal to return to the conjugal domicile...