All articles A–Z
519,064 articles
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.
Divorced at the Wedding Day
Divorced at the Wedding Day is a 2025 DramaBox vertical micro-drama (also known via the Chinese version The Wedding Day Divorce) in which pregnant widow Alessia is mistaken for her brother Enzo's mistress at his engagement party, starring Tiffany Alvord and Travis DesLaurier.
Divorced Sistas
Tyler Perry's Divorced Sistas is a BET+ (later Paramount+) comedy-drama and second Sistas spinoff, following five friends through divorce, marriage, and dating; it premiered June 2025 and became BET+'s most-watched original series.
Divorcing Jack
Divorcing Jack: 1998 black comedy thriller directed by David Caffrey, adapted by Colin Bateman from his own novel, starring David Thewlis as Belfast columnist Dan Starkey in a near-future independent Northern Ireland.
Divorum
Divorum (Templum Divorum, Porticus Divorum): Domitian's sacred precinct in Rome's Campus Martius honoring deified Vespasian and Titus, with a 200 by 55 metre portico, two facing tetrastyle temples, and a triple-arch entrance, known from Severan Marble Plan fragments.
Divriği Great Mosque
The Divriği Great Mosque (Turkish: Divriği Ulu Camii) is a 13th-century mosque in Divriği, central eastern Turkey, built in 1228–1229 by the Mengücekid emir Ahmed Shah.
Divya
Divya (दिव्य) was a Kaivarta chief of the Pala emperor Mahipala II who seized Varendra in north Bengal and ruled it as an independent king.