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Article 54 of Volume X of the Code of Civil Procedure
Art. 54, Vol. X Civil Procedure
also: 54 ст. X т. Гражданского Судопроизводства
A provision of Volume X of the Svod Zakonov (Digest of Laws) recognizing a spouse's five-year unexplained absence as grounds for divorce; the narrator invokes it after abandoning his wife for exactly that span.
Reading notes
- The Lawyer's Novel §3 Article 54 of Volume X of the Code of Civil Procedure
Volume X of the Svod Zakonov (Digest of Laws) governed civil matters including marriage and divorce; a five-year unexplained absence of a spouse was recognized grounds for divorce, which the narrator invokes after abandoning his wife for exactly that span.