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Proof that 'till death do us part' had a loophole clause all along.
means The legal ending of a marriage, dissolving it so both people are free to remarry or simply move on.
from From Latin divortium, 'a turning apart,' rooted in divertere — 'to turn in different directions' (the same root gives us 'divert' and 'diverse'). The image is literally two paths splitting: partners who once walked one road now go separate ways. It passed through Old French divorce before settling into English in the 14th century, carrying the same sense of a split, a fork, a parting of ways — legal language dressing up what was always a simple picture of separation.
- origin
- Latin divortium means to turn aside
- timing
- most filings spike in January, post-holiday clarity
- cost
- average US divorce runs 15000 dollars
- stat
- nearly half of first marriages end this way