Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

enoch arden law

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.79 in modern English

Syllables: enoch ar-den law
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Etymology

Named after Tennyson's 1864 melodrama Enoch Arden.

Inflected Forms

Enoch Arden laws (plural)

Questions

What does enoch arden law mean?: 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.
Where does enoch arden law come from?: Named after Tennyson's 1864 melodrama Enoch Arden.

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