English Explanatory Dictionary

Enoch Arden law

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A law that grants a divorce, or a legal exemption to allow remarrying, when a person's spouse has been absent without explanation for a certain period, typically seven years.

Word forms

Enoch Arden law Enoch Arden laws

Etymology

Named after Tennyson's 1864 melodrama Enoch Arden.

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