Desertion definition

Desertion means the relinquishment or surrender for a period in excess of six months of the parental rights, duties, or privileges inherent in the parent-child relationship. Proof of desertion need not include the intention to desert, but is evidenced by the lack of attempted contact with the child or by only incidental contact with the child.
Desertion means some Act done without the consent of the other party and without just cause or excuse which manifests an intention to put an end to the matrimonial relationship and which in fact does so. The adultery of a deserted party after the desertion has commenced does not of itself put an end to the desertion. In particular and without limiting the generality of the foregoing desertion may consist of an Act or a series of acts by one party reasonably calculated to cause and actually causing the other to leave the party at fault;
Desertion or “deserts” means to leave a child in a place or with a person other than a relative with the intent not to return to the child and with the intent not to provide for the care of the child.

Examples of Desertion in a sentence

  • Desertion ........................................................

  • Desertion of the nest, eggs broken, and eggs or young dislodged by a frightened parent, overheating or predation of nestlings or eggs when a parent is flushed from the nest, premature fledgling causing injury or death to nestlings, and missed feedings impacting growth are potential consequences of human interference to nesting birds (▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ et al.

  • Negative: (a) couples perjured selves to show fault existed fault existed; (b)forum shopping states liberally granting divorce were hot spots; (c) actions were adversarial (winners/losers); traditional grounds were: Adultery, Desertion, Cruelty, Living Separate and apart, incompatibility, insanity.

  • Desertion or vacation of substantial portion of the premises by Tenant, and failure to pay rent.

  • Desertion of Service (absence for five consecutive working days without notification and/or a reasonable explanation to the Company shall be considered desertion of service).


More Definitions of Desertion

Desertion means abandonment against the will of the person charging it;
Desertion means that the parent(s) has willfully forsaken the child and has refused to carry out normal parental rights and obligations and that, as a result, the child has become a ward of a competent authority in accordance with the laws of the foreign-sending country. Desertion does not mean that the parent(s) has disappeared, but rather that he and/or she refuses to carry out his or her parent rights and obligations towards the child. Desertion differs from abandonment in that the parent(s) has not taken steps to divest him or herself of parental duties, but that parent's inaction has caused a local authority to step in and assume custody of the child.
Desertion means the relinquishment or surrender for a period in excess of six months of the parental
Desertion means the offence referred to in paragraph (a) of subsec- tion (1) of section 42 of the Act of 1923;
Desertion in essence means the abandonment, o f one spouse by the other without the latter’s consent. There must be an intention to desert the other and desertion begins when the intention to desert takes effect. To constitute
Desertion means the cessation of operations at a well site where suspension of drilling operations and removal of drilling machinery has occurred where the operator cannot be located or contacted, and no activity has taken place for at least six consecutive months, or production equipment or facilities have been removed and no activity has taken place for at least two consecutive years, unless the D.O.G.G.R has granted an extension of time pursuant to their regulations. This definition does not apply to observation wells.
Desertion means some Act done without the consent of the other party and without just cause or excuse which manifests an intention to put an