Enoch Arden law

English

Etymology

Named after Tennyson's 1864 melodrama Enoch Arden.

Noun

Enoch Arden law (plural Enoch Arden laws)

  1. A law that grants a divorce, or a legal exemption to allow remarrying, when a person's spouse has been absent without explanation for a certain period, typically seven years.
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