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Glossary of Family Law Terms
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Default Judgement: A judgment rendered
when the other side failed to appear in court.
Defendant: The person against whom a claim
is brought.
Deposition: A pretrial discovery device in
which one party verbally answers questions from the other
party.
Desertion: One spouse voluntarily leaves
the other (without justification or consent from their spouse)
for an uninterrupted period of time and with no intentions of
returning.
Discovery: Steps that a party takes before
trial to obtain information from the other side in order to
prepare for trial.
Dissolution: The legal end of a marriage.
Domicile: The place where a person has
been physically present with the intent to make that place a
permanent home. A "residence," on the other hand, is
the place where you are living at a particular time. A person
can have more than one residence, but only one domicile.
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