Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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Desertion
n. The willful and unjustified abandonment of a person's duties or obligations, esp. to military service or to a spouse or family. 0 In family law, the five elements of spousal desertion are (1) a cessation of cohabitation, (2) the lapse of a statutory period, (3) an intention to abandon, (4) a lack of consent from the abandoned spouse, and (5) a lack of spousal misconduct that might justify the abandonment. - Also termed gross neglect of duty. -desert, ub.
constructive desertion
One spouse's misconduct that forces the other spouse to leave the marital abode.
criminal desertion
A husband's or wife's willful failure without just cause to provide for the care, protection, or support of a spouse who is in ill health or needy circumstances.
obstinate desertion
Desertion by a spouse who persistently refuses to return to the marital home, so that the other spouse has grounds for divorce. 0 Before the advent of no-fault divorce, this term was commonly used in divorce statutes. The term was often part of the longer phrase willful, continued, and obstinate desertion. deserts. See JUST DESERTS.
willful, continued, and obstinate desertion
See obstinate desertion under DESERTION.