386 CHANCERY. [ART. 16

taken pro confesso, the court shall order testimony to be taken,
and shall decide the case upon the testimony so taken.

Wright v. Wright's Lessee, 2 Md 446. J. G. & H. G., 33 Md. 401. Gar-
ner v. Garner, 56 Md. 127. Ridgely v. Ridgely, 79 Md. 305. Fisher v.
Fisher, 93 Md. 298. Schwab v. Schwab, 93 Md. 382. Fisher v. Fisher, 95
Md. 318.

1888, art. 16, sec. 36. 1860, art. 16, sec. 25. 1841, ch. 262, sec. 2. 1844,
ch. 306. 1846, ch. 340. 1849, ch. 245. 1872, ch. 272. 1888, ch. 486.

36. Upon the hearing of any bill for a divorce, the court may
decree a divorce a vinculo matrimonii for the following causes,
to wit: first, the impotence of either party at the time of the
marriage; secondly, for any cause which, by the laws of this
State, render a marriage null and void ab initio; thirdly, for
adultery; fourthly, when the court shall be satisfied by com-
petent testimony that the party complained against has aban-
doned the party complaining, and that such abandonment has
continued uninterruptedly for at least three years, and is delib-
erate and final, and the separation of the parties beyond any
reasonable expectation of reconciliation; fifthly, when the woman
before marriage has been guilty of illicit carnal intercourse with
another man, the same being unknown to the husband at the
time of the marriage, and when such carnal connection shall
be proved to the satisfaction of the court.

Fornshill v. Murray, 1 Bl. 479. Campbell's Case, 2 Bl. 235. Helms v.
Franciscus, 2 Bl. 564. Brown v. Brown, 2 Md. Ch. 316. Tayman v. lay-
man, 2 Md. Ch. 400. Brown v. Brown, 5 Gill, 252. Wright v Wright's
Lessee, 2 Md. 455. Felgley v. Feigley, 7 Md. 560. Schindel v. Schindel, 12
Md. 108. Levering v. Levering, 16 Md. 213. Lynch v. Lynch, 33 Md. 328.
J. G. & H G., 33 Md. 401. Elliott v. Elliott, 38 Md 357. Hoshall v.
Hoshall, 51 Md. 72. Kremelberg v. Kremelberg, 52 Md. 653. LeBrun v.
LeBrun, 55 Md. 496. Shufeldt v. Shufeldt, 86 Md. 519.

Ibid. sec. 37. 1860, art. 16, sec. 26. 1841, ch. 262, sec. 3. 1872, ch. 272.

37. Divorces a mensa et thoro may be decreed for the follow-
ing causes, to wit: first, cruelty of treatment; secondly, exces-
sively vicious conduct; thirdly, abandonment and desertion;
and the court may decree such divorces forever, or for a limited
time; and in all cases where divorce a mensa et thoro is decreed,
it may be revoked at any time thereafter by the court granting
the same, upon the joint application of the parties to be dis-
charged from the operation of the decree; and the court may
decree a divorce a mensa et thoro in cases where a divorce a
vinculo matrimonii is prayed, it the causes proved be sufficient
to entitle the party to the same; and in all cases where a divorce