Divorce

The final legal dissolution of a marriage, involving the separation of husband and wife by judicial decree which confers on each the right to remarry under the laws of individual countries.

Total divorce rate
The total divorce rate indicates the number of divorces in a fictitious cohort of marriages whose divorce rates for each duration of marriage are the same as those observed in a given year. It may differ from the final proportion of divorced couples in a marriage cohort.

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