B. That the husband has committed bigamy with adultery.
C. That the husband has committed rape, sodomy or bestiality.
D. That the husband has committed adultery coupled with such cruelty as without adultery would have entitled the wife to a divorce a mensa et thoro (divorce from bed and board) under the laws of England as existing before the enactment of the Imperial Act 20 and 21, Vict. c. 85.
E. Adultery of the husband coupled with desertion without reasonable excuse for two years or upwards.
Judicial Separation.—A judicial separation may be granted on the ground of adultery, cruelty or desertion without legal cause or excuse continued for two years and upwards.
Queensland.—In this State marriage may be celebrated by any regular officiating minister of religion, or by any district registrar, or by specially authorized justices of the peace.
Causes for Absolute Divorce.—A husband is entitled to an absolute divorce if his wife has committed adultery, but a wife is not so entitled unless her husband has committed incestuous adultery, bigamy, rape, sodomy, bestiality, adultery coupled with cruelty, or adultery coupled with desertion without reasonable excuse for two years or more.
Incestuous adultery is adultery with a woman within the prohibited degrees.
Judicial Separation.—A limited divorce or judicial separation can be obtained by either spouse on the following grounds:
1. Adultery.