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divorce  agreement.A  contractual  agreement  that  sets  out  divorcing  spouses’  rights  and responsibilities regarding  property, alimony,  custody,  visitation, and child support. • The divorce agreement  usu.  becomes incorporated  by  court  order  as a  part of  the  divorce  decree  and  thus is enforceable by  contempt, among  other remedies. —  Also termed agreement incident to divorce; marital settlement…

divorce. The legal dissolution of a  marriage by a court. — Also termed  marital dissolution; dissolution  of  marriage. Cf.  ANNULMENT. [Cases: Divorce    1–420. C.J.S. Divorce §§ 2–138, 140–167,   169–196,   198–211,   213–610,   731,   757–766,   768–825,   837–844,   851–861.]   — divorce,vb. “When  used  without qualification,  the  term  [divorce]  imports  a  dissolution  of  the  marriage relation between  husband and…

divisum  imperium  (di-vI-z<<schwa>>m  im-peer-ee-<<schwa>>m),   n.[Latin  “a  divided empire”] Divided jurisdiction; alternate jurisdiction, as of courts. “This  main  sea  begins  at  the  low-water-mark.  But  between  the  high-water-mark  and  the low-water-mark,  where  the  sea  ebbs  and  flows,  the  common  law  and  admiralty  have  divisum imperium, an alternate jurisdiction; one upon the water, when it is full sea;…

division vote.See DIVISION(1). [Blacks Law 8th]

division order.Oil & gas. A contract for the sale of oil or gas, specifying  how the  payments are to be  distributed. • Royalty  owners enter into  division  orders to sell minerals and to  instruct how payments are to be made under a mineral lease. Working-interest owners also commonly sign division orders to instruct purchasers how…

division of the question.See DIVISION(2). [Blacks Law 8th]

division of the house.See DIVISION(1). [Blacks Law 8th]

division of the assembly.See DIVISION(1). [Blacks Law 8th]

division of property.See PROPERTY SETTLEMENT(1). [Blacks Law 8th]

division of powers.The allocation of power between the national government and the states. • Under the Tenth Amendment, powers not delegated to the federal government are reserved to the states  or  to  the  people.  But  today  the  Tenth  Amendment  provides  only  a  limited  check  on Congress’s power  to  regulate  the  states. Cf.  SEPARATION OF POWERS. …