a term, rapidly going out of fashion and out of the statutes, which has been used
to justify granting a divorce when the state laws required that some wrong had to
be found in the defending spouse. In absence of actual physical cruelty (or unwillingness
to discuss it) the person wanting the divorce could testify to a list of indignities
("he swore at me, he came home late, he humiliated me in front of friends, he was
hateful to my mother, he read girlie magazines," or similar tales told about the
wife) which would be verified by a relative or a friend to satisfy the judge that
the petitioning spouse would suffer mental harm if the marriage continued and proved
that there were grounds for a divorce. As "no-fault" divorce has gained favor, such
charades have faded into legal history.
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