cruel and inhuman treatment
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cru·el and in·hu·man treatment n:
cruelty (2)
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law.
Merriam-Webster.
1996.
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As a grounds for divorce, treatment by one spouse that causes the other spouse suffering and makes life together completely unbearable.
The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc.
Amy Hackney Blackwell.
2008.
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Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law.
2005.
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Another name for cruelty, or for the intentional, hostile infliction of physical or mental suffering upon another individual, which is a ground for
divorce in many states.
Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.
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cruel and inhuman treatment — A ground for divorce. See cruelty; inhuman treatment … Ballentine's law dictionary
cruel and inhuman treatment — As ground for divorce, consists of unwarranted and unjustifiable conduct on part of defendant causing other spouse to endure suffering and distress, thereby destroying peace of mind and making living with such spouse unbearable, completely… … Black's law dictionary
cruel and inhuman treatment — As ground for divorce, consists of unwarranted and unjustifiable conduct on part of defendant causing other spouse to endure suffering and distress, thereby destroying peace of mind and making living with such spouse unbearable, completely… … Black's law dictionary
inhuman treatment — In the law of divorce, such mental or physical cruelty or severity as endangers the life or health of the party to whom it is addressed, or creates a well founded apprehension of such danger. The phrase commonly employed in statutes is cruel and… … Black's law dictionary
inhuman treatment — In the law of divorce, such mental or physical cruelty or severity as endangers the life or health of the party to whom it is addressed, or creates a well founded apprehension of such danger. The phrase commonly employed in statutes is cruel and… … Black's law dictionary
Cruel and unusual punishment — Criminal procedure Criminal trials and convictions … Wikipedia
inhuman treatment — Cruelty; want of mercy. See cruel and unusual punishment; cruelty to animals; inhuman treatment which endangers life … Ballentine's law dictionary
cruel — I adjective acrimonious, agonizing, atrocious, barbarous, blood thirsty, brutal, cold, cold blooded, cold hearted, crudelis, demoniacal, devilish, diabolical, distressing, evil minded, ferocious, fiendish, fierce, hard, hardhearted, harsh,… … Law dictionary
cruel treatment — See cruel and inhuman treatment; cruel and unusual punishment; cruelty; cruelty to animals … Ballentine's law dictionary
treatment — The manner in which a person or a thing is treated. The behaviour of one spouse toward the other spouse. Robinson v Robinson, 66 NH 600, 23 A 362. See cruel and inhuman treatment … Ballentine's law dictionary
