Miller v. Miller

Citations

• 33 Cal. 353

Syllabus

<p>Divorce.—A judgment awarding a divorce, without stating whether from the bonds' of matrimony or from bed and board, is a divorce from the bonds of matrimony.</p> <p>Use of Term with Two Meanings.—When a word has two meanings in law, differing in degree merely, it will be understood in its larger sense wherever it occurs in legal proceedings, unless it appears to have been used in its narrower sense.</p> <p>Default.—If the entry of a default is essential to the validity of a judgment by default, it will be presumed that one was taken, unless the contrary appears.</p> <p>Award of Property—Divorce.—If a divorce is granted because of adultery, the Court may award all the common property to the prevailing party.</p>