Sentences with phrase «bill of divorce»

When this proved ineffectual, she decided to leave him and wrote up a repudium, a lawful bill of divorce.

Jeremiah 3:8 And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also..

There is no bill of divorce.

Of course the rules stipulate that she has rights; she must be given a bill of divorce, so she is free to marry again.

24:1), her husband has a legal (and therefore moral) right to give her a bill of divorce and put her out of the house.