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Get definition
What does Get mean?
The get is a document of divorce presented by a husband to his wife to effect their divorce under Jewish law. The essential text of the get is quite short 鈥 鈥測ou are hereby permitted to all men鈥, effectively stating that the wife is no longer a married woman and therefore that the laws of adultery no longer apply should she meet and have sexual relations with another man. The get is not a substitute for a grant of decree absolute (the formal dissolution of a legal marriage).
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