The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-11-10
DIVORCES.
Tbe Laws Concerning Them in Different
Countries.

Countries.
a Bench and Bar
AUssRaIIASs-Divoree have never been
saDetioned in Australia. lf, 81 rt a-a
JEwss-In olden times the Jews had a
discretionary power of divorcing their
wives
JAEASs.-If the wife be dissatisfied she
can obtain divorce by paying a certain
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TBlBETANs. = Divorces are seldom al.
iowsd, unless with the consent of both
parties, neither OF whom can afterward re-
marry. 81 'i
AoORs.-If the wifs does not become the
mother of boy she may be divorced wfth
the consent of the tribe, and she can marry
asnin.
ABYssINIANs.--No form of marriage is nee
essary. The connection may be dissolved
and renewed as often as the parties think
psoper.
SIRERIANs.-If the man be dissatisfied
with the most triaing acts of his wife. he
baars her cap or vail from her head, and this
constitutes Il divorce.
COREAN.-The husband can divorce his
wife or treasure, and leave her the charge of
maintaining the children. If she proves
unfaithful, he can put her to death.
SIAMEsE,--The 6-st wife may be divorced,
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
ARCTIC REGLeS.-When man desires
divorce he leaves the house in anger ard
does not return for several days. The wife
understands the hint, packs her clothes and
leaves. .7'
DRUsE AND TuRKoMAN.-Among these peo-
pie, if wife asks her husbands permission
to 90 out, and he says "Go" +" without adding
"but come back again." she is divorced.
Though both parties desire it, they can not
live together again without being remarked.
Cochin CRINA.-If the parties choose to
separate they break pair of chopsticks or a
copper coin in the presence of witnesses, by
which action the union is dissolved. The
husband must restore to the wife the prop
erty belonging to her prior to her marriage
AMERICAN INDIANs.-AmOng some tribes
the pieces of sticks given the witnesses of
the marriage are broken as a sign of divorce
Usually new connections are formed with
out the old ones being dissolved A man
never divorces his wife If she has borne him
sons.
TARTARs.-The husband may put away his
partner and seek another when it pleases
him. and the wife may do the same. If she
be ill-treated, she complains to the Magis-
trate, who, attended by the principal peo-
pie, accompanies her to the house and pro-
| nounces formal divorce.
CHINBsE-Divorces are allowed in all cases
of criminality. mutual dislike, jealousy, in
compatibility of temper or too much
loquacity on the part of the wife. The hus-
band can not sell his wife until she leaves
him, and becomes slave to him by action
of the law for desertion. A son is bound TO
divorce his wife if she displeases bis parents
| CIRcAssIANs.-Two kinds of divorce are
granted in Circassia-one total, the other
| provisional. When 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
lsis uife, her .relari01sznlay command or
| him total divorce.
GREcnNs-A settlement was usually
given to wife at marriage for support in
case of divorce. The wife's portion was
| then restored to her, and the husband re-
quired to pay monthly interest for its use
during the time he detained it from her.
Usually the men could put their wives
away on slight occasions Even the fear Of
having too large family sufficed. D-
vorces scarcely ever occur in modern Greece.
RESPONSIBILITIES party for slight cause
may leave the other and marry. When
DOIu QeSlTe IL aL0ere Is HOL the lcdSL
If a man calls his wife mother" il is con-
sidered indelicate to live with her again.
Among one tribe, the Cores, If the wife
be uniaithful, the husband can not obtain
divorce unless he gives her all the prop
erty and children. A woman, on the con-
trary, may leave when she pleases, and
marry another man, and convey to him the
entire property of her former husband.
RoMANs.-In olden times a man might
divorce his wife if she were unfaithful, if
she counterfeited his private keys, or drank
without his knowledge. They would di-
vOrce their wives when they pleased. Not
withstanding this, 52l years elapsed without
one divorce. Afterward a law was passed
allowing either sex to make the application.
Divorces then became frequent on the
slightest pretexts. Seneca says that some
women no longer reckonei the year by the
consols, but by the number of their hus-
bands. ST. Jerome speaks of a man who
had buried twenty wives and woman who
had buried twenty two husbands. The En-
peror Augustus endeayored TO restrain the
license by penalties.