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Divisions of Pakistan
Divisions of Pakistan are the administrative tier between provinces and districts, headed by divisional commissioners. Inherited from British India, they numbered 10 in 1947 and 37 in united Pakistan, were abolished in 2000, and restored in 2008.
Divisions of the United States Army
Divisions of the United States Army are combined-arms formations of 10,000 to 20,000 soldiers commanded by a major general, first made permanent in 1917, reorganized as square, triangular, pentomic, ROAD, and brigade-centric structures, and now the Army's basic warfighting unit.
Divisions of the world in Islam
Divisions of the world in Islam: dār al-Islām (abode of Islam) and dār al-ḥarb (abode of war), with dār al-ʿahd as a third abode of treaty; classical Islamic jurisprudence's territorial classifications, their Hanafi criteria, and modern reinterpretations.
Divisor
A divisor (also called a factor) of an integer n is an integer that divides n with no remainder; its study is the starting point of number theory.
Divisor (algebraic geometry)
In algebraic geometry, a divisor is a formal object on an algebraic variety or scheme recording codimension-1 subvarieties with integer multiplicities, tied to line bundles through the Picard group.
Divisor function
The divisor function, also called the sum-of-divisors function, is the number-theoretic function σk(n) summing the k-th powers of n's divisors; σ0 counts them and σ1 adds them up.
Divisor method
A divisor method, also called a highest-averages method, allocates seats by dividing each party's votes by a divisor and rounding under a fixed rule, such as Jefferson's or Webster's.
DivIVA
DivIVA, called Wag31 in mycobacteria, is a conserved Gram-positive bacterial protein that binds concave membranes at cell poles and the septum, scaffolding division and polar growth.
Divlje Jagode (group)
Divlje Jagode (Дивље Јагоде) are a heavy metal and hard rock group formed in 1977 in the Yugoslav rock scene, founded and still led by guitarist Sead "Zele" Lipovača.
Divo Ostrov
Divo Ostrov (Диво Остров, Wonder Island) is Saint Petersburg's largest amusement park, opened May 2003 on Krestovsky Island in Primorsky Park of Victory, with 46 rides, free entry, per-ride pricing, and coasters from Vekoma, Intamin, and Mack.
Divock Origi
Divock Origi, Belgian striker (born 1995, Ostend), Liverpool 2015-22: 175 apps, 41 goals, 2019 Champions League and 2020 Premier League winner; scored decisive goals vs Barcelona, Tottenham, and Everton; retired June 2026.
Divodasa
Divodasa (दिवोदास) was a Bharata king celebrated in the Rigveda, son of Vadhryashva and father or grandfather of Sudas, victor of the Battle of the Ten Kings.
Divorce
Divorce is the court-ordered legal dissolution of a marriage. Key facts: no-fault divorce began in California in 1969, reached all 50 US states by 2010, and England adopted it in 2022.
Divorce (TV series)
Divorce (HBO, 2016-2019) is an American comedy series created by Sharon Horgan, starring Sarah Jessica Parker as Frances and Thomas Haden Church as Robert, a suburban New York couple ending a long marriage; three seasons, 10-episode first season.
Divorce Act (Canada)
The Divorce Act (Loi sur le divorce), R.S.C. 1985, c. 3 (2nd Supp.), is Canada's federal divorce statute: sole ground marriage breakdown, one-year habitual-residence jurisdiction, and parenting orders with 60-day relocation notice since March 1, 2021.
Divorce demography
Divorce demography studies divorce frequency, timing, and social distribution using crude and refined divorce rates and cohort measures. Key findings: US rates rose fourfold 1900–2018 then declined; divorce law explains little; education and age stratify risk.
Divorce in European civil-law jurisdictions
Divorce in European civil-law jurisdictions is governed by codified family law, with grounds of fault, irretrievable breakdown, acceptance, and mutual consent converging toward divorce by consent.
Divorce in Islam
Divorce in Islam (talaq, khula, faskh) is the dissolution of marriage under Islamic family law: the husband's unilateral talaq, the wife's khula, and judicial faskh, across Sunni and Ja'fari schools and modern state codes from Egypt to Iraq and Saudi Arabia.
Divorce in the Black
Divorce in the Black is Tyler Perry's 2024 Prime Video drama starring Meagan Good and Cory Hardrict about a woman whose abusive husband abandons their marriage; it earned a 0% Tomatometer but a 73% audience score.
Divorce Italian Style
Divorzio all'italiana (Divorce Italian Style), 1961 Pietro Germi black comedy with Marcello Mastroianni; a Sicilian baron plots an honor killing since divorce was illegal; Oscar-winning screenplay, Cannes 1962.
Divorce law
Divorce law is the body of law under which courts dissolve marriages and grant spouses the right to remarry, covering grounds for divorce, waiting periods, property division, and support.
Divorce law by country
Divorce law by country: national rules for dissolving marriage, distinguishing fault-based grounds from no-fault and mutual-consent regimes. Covers California's 1969 first US no-fault law, European reforms, Korea, Indonesia, Australia, extrajudicial EU divorce, and measured divorce-rate effects.
Divorce law in Canada
Divorce law in Canada is governed by the federal Divorce Act, which grants divorce on the ground of marriage breakdown, proved by one year of separation, adultery, or cruelty.
Divorce law in Commonwealth jurisdictions
Divorce law in Commonwealth jurisdictions covers Canada and Australia, whose no-fault regimes grant divorce on the sole ground of marriage breakdown, usually proven by one year of separation.
Divorce law in England and Wales
Divorce law in England and Wales governs how a marriage is legally ended by court. Since April 2022 it has required only a statement of irretrievable breakdown, with no fault.
Divorce law in the United States
Divorce law in the United States is set entirely by state law, with no federal statute; all 50 states offer no-fault divorce, California first in 1969.
Divorce of same-sex couples
Divorce of same-sex couples: legal dissolution of same-sex marriages, also called same-sex divorce. Distinguished by pre-Obergefell jurisdiction barriers, wed-locked couples, the 2022 Respect for Marriage Act, and child-parentage issues.
Divorce of the Amurru princess
The divorce of the Amurru princess was the repudiation of Bentešina's daughter by Ammistamru II of Ugarit around 1250 BC, authorized by Tudhaliya IV and ending in her execution.
Divorce Reform Act 1969
Divorce Reform Act 1969 (c. 55), English and Welsh statute in force 1 January 1971 that made irretrievable breakdown the sole divorce ground, proved by five facts, replacing fault grounds; consolidated in the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973.
Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020
The Divorce, Dissolution and Separation Act 2020 (c. 11) is an England and Wales statute introducing no-fault divorce: it replaced the five fault facts with a statement of irretrievable breakdown, allowed joint applications, barred contesting, and set a 20-week minimum period, in force 6 April 2022.