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Enoch Arden law

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Etymology

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Named after Tennyson's 1864 melodrama Enoch Arden.

Noun

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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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