Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

divorce a vinculo matrimonii

[Latin "(divorce) from the chains of marriage"] A total divorce of husband and wife, dissolving the marriage tie and releasing the parties wholly from their matrimonial obligations. ( This type of common-law divorce, which bastardizes any children from the marriage, is granted on grounds that existed before the marriage. In England, the Matrimonial Causes Act of 1857 introduced statutory divorce a vinculo matrimonii.