West-Jersey pioneer., 1873-06-13
Divorces in Different Countries.

! AUSTRALIANS.-DlV nave never
been sanctioned in Australia.
JAvANs.-If wife be dissatisfied she
can obtain divorce by paying certain
sum.
JEws.-In olden times the Jews had
discretionary power of divorcing their
wives.
Divorces are seldom al
lowed, unless with the consent OF both
parties neither of whom can afterwards
remarry.
SOUTH SEA IsLANDs.-The connection
hardly deserves the name OF marriage
as it is dissolved whenever the husband
desires change.
MooRs.-If a wife does not become
the mother of boy, she may be di'
yorced, with the consent of the tribe,
and she can marry again.
ABYs5INIANs. No form of marriage
is necessary. The connection may be
dissolved and renewed as often as the
parties think proper.
SlBERIANs.-If man be dissatisfied
with the most triAing act of his wife,
he tears the cap or veil from her head,
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CoREAN.-The husband can divorce
his wife at pleasure and leave her the
charge of maintaining their children
If she prove unfaithful he can put her
to death.
SIAMEsE.-The first wife may be d.
vorced, but not sold as the others may be.
She then may claim the first, third and
fifth child and the alternate children are
Yielded to the husband.
AcRTIo REGIoNs. When man desires
divorce he leaves the house in anger and
does not return for several days. The
wife understands the hint, packs her
clothes and leaves.
COCHIN CH1NEsE.-If the parties
choose to separate they break pair OF
chop. sticks or copper coin in the presence
of witnesses, by which action the union
is dissolved. The husband must restore
to the wife the property belonging to her
prior to marriage.
DRUsE AND TURKoMAEs.-Among
these people if wife asks her husbands
permission to go out, and he says "Go," J"
without adding, "but come back agaip," f"
she is divorced. Though both parties
desire it, they cannot live together with
out being remarked.
AMERICAN INDIANs.-Among some
tribes the pieces of stick given to the wit
nesses of the marriage are burnt as sign
of divorce. Usually new connections are
formed without the old ones being dis
solved. A man never divorces his wife
if she has born him sons.
CHINEsE.-Divorces are allowed in
cases of criminality, mutual dislike, jeal.
ousy, incompatibility of temper, or toe
much loquacity ON the part of the wife
The husband cannot sell his wife until
she leaves him and becomes slave to him
by action Of law tor desertion A son is
bound to divorce his wife if she dis
pleases his parents
CIRoAssIANs.-Two kinds Of divorce
are granted in Circassia-one total, the
other provisional. Where the first is
allowed, the parties can Immediately
marry again; where the second exists,
the couple agree to separate for year
and If, at the expiration of that time
the husband does not send for his wife,
her relations may compel him to total
divorce.
/ GRECIANs.- : A settlement was usually
given to the wife at marriage for hel
support in case of divorce. The wife's
portion was then restored to her, and the
husband required to pay monthly inter
est for its use during the time he detain-
ed it from her. Usually the men could
put their wives away on slight occa,
sions. Even the fear of having too large
a family suficed. Divorces scarcely
ever occur in Modern Greece.
HINDoos.- Either party, for slight
cause, may leave the other and marry
again. Where both desire it, it is &c
trouble. Ifa man call his wife ''mother'
it is considered indelicate to live with
her again. Among one tribe the "Garos"
if the wife be unfaithful, the husband
cannot obtain divorce unless he gives
her all the property and the children A
woman, on the contrary, may leave when
she pleases, and marry another man, and
convey to him the entire property of her
former husband.
RoMANs.LIn olden times man might
divorce his wife if she were unfaithful, if
she counterfeited his private keys, or
drank wine without his knowledge. They
would divorce their wives when they
pleased. Notwithstanding this, FIVE hun
dred and twenty-one years elapsed with
out one divorce Afterwards law was
passed allowing either sex to make the
application. Divorces then became fire.
quent on the slightest pretexts. Sen
eca says that some women no longer
reckoned the years by the consuls, but by
the number of their husbands. St. Jer-