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divorce mill
noun
, Informal.
- a divorce court, especially such a court in a state or country that does not impose difficult requirements, as a long period of residence or humiliating grounds, on those who wish to dissolve their marriage.
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When Americans previously sought divorces, those who could afford it traveled to what became known as "divorce mill" states like South Dakota, Indiana and Nevada to take advantage of their shorter residency requirements.
From Salon
The divorce mill got so busy that Will took to Facebook in August 2015 to declare, in part:
From Washington Times
The Court of Divorce in Chicago, called by the Americans the "divorce mill," decided 681 cases during the year 1887.
From Project Gutenberg
First introduced back in 1965 by Socialist Deputy Loris Fortuna, the compromise measure will hardly turn Italy into a divorce mill.
Few things in Mexico ran as smoothly as the Ciudad Ju�rez quickie divorce mill.
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