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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
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1b00The sentence:02b02br
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01b00"The courts will also look at wether imposing a 01font00clean break order02font00 will cause 01font00undue 02font00hardhsip to the wife..."02b02br
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01b00Can you explain the sentence(including the words in violet).02b02br
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01b00Thanx in advance.02b0-
  

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0 w01b 00h02b 00ether02br 02br 00 Probably a divorce. 02br 02br 00 The two parties in conflict must separate cleanly, without too much trouble or interference, I guess. 02br 02br 00 And the question is if this will cause excessive difficulty on the wife.

— Marius Hancu

  • 0 w01b 00h02b 00ether02br 02br 00 Probably a divorce.
  • 02br 02br 00 The two parties in conflict must separate cleanly, without too much trouble or interference, I guess.
  • 02br 02br 00 And the question is if this will cause excessive difficulty on the wife.
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0 w01b00h02b00ether02br
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00 Probably a divorce. 02br
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00 The two parties in conflict must separate cleanly, without too much trouble or interference, I guess. 02br
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0 undue(syn excessive): more than u think is reasonable or necessary 0-
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1b00OK. What about this one:02b02br
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01b00"01font00Mere02font00 sexual liaisons will not affect the wife's right to maintenance."02b02br
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01b00i searched for 01i00"mere"02i00 and it has a lot of meanings. i'm not finding it's proper one in this
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0If she has *** with someone (without moving in or marrying the person), she is merely having sexual liaisons - and her ex husband will continue to pay support. (Once an ex-wife marries someone else, alimony (also called spousal support) ends.0-
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0 Clean break divorce - just a one off financial/property/etc settlement with no ongoing maintenance/alimony. 0-
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01cite10Nona The Brit12cite10Clean break divorce - just a one off financial/property/etc settlement with no ongoing maintenance/alimony.12blockquote
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01cite10Nona The Brit12cite10Clean break divorce - just a one off financial/property/etc settlement with no ongoing maintenance/alimony.12blockquote
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00 I'm curious about your usage of "one off" here. I'd normally expect:02br
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1b00It's this meaning.02b02br
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01b00102b00 01b00:02b00 limited to a single time, occasion, or instance 01b00: 01a01font00ONE-SHOT02font02a02b00<01i00one-off02i00 gigs
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01cite10Nona The Brit12cite11b10It's this meaning.12b12br
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11b10112b10 11b10:12b10 limited to a single time, occasion, or instance 11b10: 11a11font10ONE-SHOT12fo
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