Extracted From:
  A LAW DICTIONARY ..., SIXTH EDITION, 1856
  by John Bouvier, CHILDS & PETERSON, PHILADELPHIA

MATRIMONIAL CAUSES. In the English ecclesiastical courts there are five kinds of
causes which are classed under this head. 

1. Causes for a malicious jactitation. 

2. Suits for nullity of marriage, on account of fraud, incest, or other bar to
the marriage....

3. Suits for restitution of conjugal rights. 

4. Suits for divorces on account of cruelty or adultery, or causes which have
arisen since the marriage. 

5. Suits for alimony.

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