- Mexican divorce
- Literally a divorce obtained in Mexico, but often associated in the mind with a mail-order divorce. 24 Am J2d Div & S § 965. See mail-order divorce.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
Mexican divorce
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