Divorce.
FORM 9.
REPLY TO FORM 7.
(General Heading)
The petitioner C. B. in person (or by his solicitor) says—
1. That she denies that she condoned the acts of cruelty as alleged in the third paragraph of the statement in answer of the respondent.
2. That even if she had condoned the said adultery or cruelty, the same has been revived by the subsequent adultery with Y. Z. (or as the case may be) as set forth in the fifth paragraph of the petition herein.
(Signed) C. B.
FORM 10.
PETITIONS FOR NULLITY ON VARIOUS GROUNDS.
(General Heading)
The petition of C. D., otherwise called C. B. (give place of residence),
SHEWETH:
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1. That on the day of at in the Colony of Hong Kong a ceremony of marriage took place between your petitioner then a spinster (or widow as the case may be) and A. B. of (give place of residence). The said marriage purported to be a Christian marriage (or the civil equivalent of a Christian marriage).
2. That from the said day of until the month your petitioner lived and cohabited with the said A. B. at divers places.
3. That the marriage was invalid by the law of the said Colony, for the following reasons (state reasons).
4. That the said C. D. is the niece of the said A. B., being the natural and lawful daughter of his half-sister S. D., formerly S. B., spinster.
5. That the said A. B. was at the time of the said ceremony of marriage and has ever since been and still is wholly unable to consummate the said marriage by reason of the malformation, or frigidity and impotence of his parts of generation, or hysteria or from some other physical cause the exact nature of which is to your petitioner at present unknown.
6. That the said malformation, frigidity, impotence or other physical cause affecting the parts of generation of the said A. B. is wholly incurable by art or skill and will so appear upon inspection.
7. That the said A. B. has never consummated the said pretended marriage.
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