“The generally accepted definition of cruelty is set out in Rayden on Divorce 5th ed., p. 80): ‘Legal cruelty may be defined as conduct of such a character as to have caused danger to life, limb or health (bodily or mental), or as to give rise to a reasonable apprehension of such danger.”
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- JUDGMENT AND ORDER – Order of Retrial or Trial De Novo – Instances where an order of retrial will not be made 08/07/2024
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