LEGAL CRUELTY
\lˈiːɡə͡l kɹˈuːəlti], \lˈiːɡəl kɹˈuːəlti], \l_ˈiː_ɡ_əl k_ɹ_ˈuː_ə_l_t_i]\
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Such as will warrant the granting of a divorce to the injured party; as distinguished from such kinds or degrees of cruelty as do not, under the statutes and decisions, amount to sufficient cause for a decree. Legal cruelty may be defined to be such conduct on the part of the husband as will endanger the life, limb, or health of the wife, or create a reasonable apprehension of bodily hurt; such acts as render cohabitation unsafe, or are likely to be attended with injury to the person or to the health of the wife. Odom v. Odom, 36 Ga. 280.
By Henry Campbell Black
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