Repudiation (marriage)
Repudiation is the formal or informal act by which a husband renounces his wife in certain cultures and religions. For example:
- In Islam, a talaq divorce allows a man to divorce his wife by saying "I divorce you" (in Arabic, talaq),[1] otherwise known as the formula of repudiation.
- In Babylonian law a husband could repudiate his wife, at the cost of returning the dowry.[2]
See Also
References
- ^ Mir-Hosseini, Ziba (1993). Marriage on trial : a study of Islamic family law : Iran and Morocco compared. London u.a.: Tauris u.a. p. 38. ISBN 1850436851.
- ^ Johns, Claude Hermann Walter (1904). Babylonian and Assyrian laws, contracts and letters. Edinburgh: T. & T. Clark. p. 424.
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