Assertion: marriage's husband | /r/CapableOf | divorce his wife
Facets:
value: than vice versa
type: MANNER
value: unilaterally
type: MANNER
value: as talaq
type: MANNER
value: with no requirement
type: MANNER
value: with any intervention by a qadi
type: OTHER
value: during the edo period
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: During the Edo period, a husband could divorce his wife by writing a letter of his intent to do so, but a wife's only recourse was to flee to a convent.
text: In contrast to allowable methods of divorce to a woman, a husband may unilaterally divorce his wife, as talaq, with no requirement to show cause, nor any intervention by a qadi.
text: It was always easier for a husband to divorce his wife than vice versa.