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Nevertheless / Nevertheless, I have tried to deal whit the issues openly

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sin embargo / Sin embargo, he intentado tratar los temas abiertamente

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achieve / What the law seeks to achieve

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conseguir / Lo que la ley busca conseguir

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approach / The theoretical approach

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aproximación, enfoque / El enfoque teórico

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argue / It will be argued [‘-ju] that…

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discutir, sostener / Se sostendrá que…

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assesment / The assesment of this data

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valoración / La valoración de estos datos [deita]

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attemp [-‘-] / The reaction to attemp to introduce no-fault divorce into English law

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intento / La reacción al intento de introducir un divorcio no basado en la culpa en la ley inglesa

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bar / Thus the bar on the legal dissolubility of marriage was unusual for a protestant country

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barra, obstáculo / Así, el obstáculo a la legal disolubilidad del matrimonio era inusual para un país protestante

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beyond / This book goes beyond a mere report

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más allá [i’a] / Este libro va más allá de un mero informe

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bulk / The vast bulk of the divorces is dealt with by the registrars

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grueso / El mayor grueso de divorcios es tratado [e] por los registradores

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bury, inter / Those that it buries are not always interred with a minimum of distress and humiliation

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enterrar / Los que aquel entierra no siempre son enterrados con el mínimo de sufrimiento y la humillación

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characterize / Whose concerns were focused who were able to charachterize the reforms as routine legal adjustements

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caracterizar / Cuyas preocupaciones estaban centradas en quién sería capaz de caracterizar las reformas como ajustes legales de rutina

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child-rearing [i:, rear] / The responsibilities of child-bearing [e, bear bore borne] and child-rearing

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crianza de los hijos / Las responsabilidades de la procreación y crianza de los hijos

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clash / There were innumerable clashes over marriage policies

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conflicto / Había innumerables conflictos sobre políticas matrimoniales

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close-kin marriage / The condemnation of close-kin marriage contradicted accepted practices

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matrimonio entre parientes / La condena del matrimonio entre parientes contradecía prácticas aceptadas

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commonplace / Duties to treat fairly and no to discriminate unlawfully are commonplace examples

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común / Los deberes de tratar de manera justa y no discriminar ilegalmente son ejemplos comunes

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corner-stone / The institution of marriage as corner-stone of the social and political order

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piedra angular / La institución del matrimonio como piedra angular del orden social y político

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criticism [‘-e-] / Also saw this as a ‘chief criticism’ of the proposal

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crítica / También vio esto como una crítica principal de la propuesta

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decade / Yet when, in the following decade [ei], the Divorce Reform Act was undergoing its extensive [-‘–] parliamentary scrutiny [’–]

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década / Sin embargo, cuando, en la década siguiente, la Ley de Reforma de divorcio estaba pasando por su amplio control parlamentario

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decree / They pronounce the decree of divorce in undefended divorces

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decreto / Pronuncian el decreto de divorcio en divorcios no contenciosos

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defended cases / Defended cases may be tranferred to the Hight Court

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asuntos contenciosos / Los asuntos contenciosos pueden ser transferidos al Tribunal Superior

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denial [dinaiel] / The denial of loans [o] by building societies to married women

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denegación / La denegación de préstamos por la constitucion de sociedades a las mujeres casadas

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discount / Questions had to be discounted in some cases

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descontar / Las preguntas tuvieron que ser descontadas en algunos casos

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dismissive / Stone rather dismissively [i’i.i.i] writes of earlier [‘e-] practices

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desdeñoso / Stone, más bien desdeñosamente, escribe sobre prácticas anteriores

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ditached / More ditached historical analysis is likely to reveal that…

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imparcial / Un análisis histórico más imparcial probablemente revelará que…

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endure / Civic duties endure only as long as the government in question receives the support of the populace

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perdurar, aguantar / Los deberes cívicos perduran solo mientras el gobierno en cuestión recibe el apoyo de la población

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enlightenment / The Enlightenment taught that political obligation depended not on the state of nature but on free consent

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ilustración / La ilustración enseñó que la obligación política dependía no del estado de la naturaleza sino del libre consentimiento

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entitlement / Judicial separation would deprive a transgressor of entitlement to the benefit [’—] of the attention of the innocent [’—] partner

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derecho / La separación judicial privaría a un transgresor del derecho a la prestación de la atención de la pareja inocente

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extent / By examining, to a smaller extent, the practices of lawyers

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alcance / Mediante el examen, con un menor alcance, de las prácticas de los abogados

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failure [‘ei.ie] / The majority of the Comission established as a consequence of the failure ot the Bill…

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fracaso / La mayoría de la Comisión establecida como consecuencia del fracaso del proyecto de ley

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float / Their objective of convincing the floating voter

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flotar / Su objetivo de convencer a los votantes flotantes

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for instance / For instance with succesive French kings

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por ejemplo / por ejemplo, con los sucesivos reyes de Francia

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former / A law which requires divorced men to support their former wives

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antiguo, primero, ex / Una ley que obliga a los hombres divorciados a apoyar a sus ex esposas

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foundation / Such an obligation could rest on a variety of foundations

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fundación, fundamento / Una tal obligación podría descansar sobre una variedad de fundamentos

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free/ The Commission decided that public opinion would be unlikely to support the freeing of resources

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soltar, liberar / La Comisión decidió que la opinión pública apoyaría de manera improbable la liberación de los recursos

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gap / The Law Commission thougt that this ‘gap’ generated unnecessary legal costs

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vacío, brecha / La Comisión de Derecho pensaba que esta “brecha” generaba gastos legales innecesarios

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grant / Exerciced his power to grant divorce through royal decree

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conceder / Ejerció su poder para conceder el divorcio mediante real decreto

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guilty, blameworthy / For a spouse may be branded as guilty in law although not blameworthy in fact

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culpable / Para un cónyuge puede ser calificado como culpable en Derecho, aunque no culpable de hecho

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hedge / But these concessions were hedged with restrictions

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cercar, cubrir / Pero esas concesiones fueron cubiertas con restricciones

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however / It was, however, primarily [‘ai–] concerned with the economic position of people

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en todo caso / En todo caso, se ocupaba primordialmente de la posición económica de las personas

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if so / If so, it is weakened by evidence that maintenance payments are low

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si es así / Si es así, se debilita por la evidencia de que los pagos de mantenimiento son bajos

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impend / Their significance [i’i–] for the impending wider debate became apparent

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impulsar / Su significación para impulsar un debate más amplio devino aparente

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imply / This is to imply a great deal

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implicar / esto puede significar un acuerdo importante

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in addition / A wife needed to prove cruelty in addition

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además / La mujer tenía que probar crueldad, además

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indeed / Indeed, it may be that law affects our lives

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en efecto / En efecto, puede ser que la ley afecte a nuestras vidas

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infer / From whose presence the irretrievable breakdown could be inferred

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inferir / De cuya presencia la ruptura irremediable puede inferirse

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inheritance / The inheritance of Bernadotte eventually led [lead led led] to the introduction of a ‘breakdown’ ground alongside various offences [-‘–]

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herencia, sucesión / la sucesión de Bernadotte llevó finalmente a la introducción de un motivo de ruptura por varias infracciones

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irretrievable / The new Act allowed [-‘a-] divorce on the basis of ‘irretrivable breakdown of marriage’

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irremediable / La nueva ley permitía el divorcio sobre la base de la “ruptura irremediable del matrimonio”

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laity / All that marriage implied in the eyes of the laity [‘ei-] seems to have been a private contract

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laicado, seglares / Todo lo que el matrimonio implicaba a los ojos de los seglares parece haber sido un contrato privado

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lease [i:] / The granting of leases in the name of husbands

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arrendamiento / El otorgamiento de los arrendamientos a nombre de los maridos

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linger / The revolutionary vision lingered [‘i.g] on in Sweden

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perdurar, mantenerse / La revolucionaria visión persistió en Suecia

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mandatory [’—-] / A mandatory equal division of community property

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obligatorio / Una obligatoria división igual de la comunidad de bienes

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matter / Is a matter for intriguing [-‘–] speculation

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materia, cuestión / Es una cuestión para una fascinante especulación

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of whether / The issue of whether the divorce should [shall should should] be granted is contested

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sobre si / El tema sobre si el divorcio debe ser concedido es discutido

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once again / Once again, demographic conditions seem the crutial determinants [di’-mi-] of the effectiveness [i’–i] of the family support system

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Una vez más [ua] / Una vez más, las condiciones demográficas parecen ser los determinantes decisivos de la eficacia del sistema de apoyo familiar

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otherwise / In terms of their consistency [-‘—] or otherwise with certains beliefs or ideological positions

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de otro modo / En términos de su consistencia o de otro modo con ciertas creencias o posiciones ideológicas

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owing to / No interviews were carried out owing to antipathy towards [e’o] the research

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debido a / No se efectuaron entrevistas debido a la antipatía hacia la investigación

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parish priest / The Roman Catholic [‘-z-] Church itself from the hierarchy to the parish priest played an active an influential role

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párroco / La propia Iglesia Católica Romana desde la jerarquía hasta el párroco jugó un activo e influyente papel

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plight / This time its opponents focused substantially on the plight of the deserted wife

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difícil situación / Esta vez sus opositores se centraron básicamente en la difícil situación de la mujer abandonada

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policy / The normative images [‘-i-] constructed by those who made and implement policy

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política / Las imágenes normativas construidas por los que hacen e implementan la política

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premise [’–] / The matrimonial offence [‘e.e] doctrine retains these moral premisses

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premisa / La doctrina de la infracción matrimonial [–’–] mantiene esas premisas morales

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promise / A person remains bound by a contractual promise even after a change of mind

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promesa / Una persona sigue obligada por una promesa contractual incluso después de un cambio de opinión

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promote / Duty to alleviate needs and promote human flourishing

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promover / Obligación de paliar las necesidades y promover la prosperidad humana

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range / The views expressed [i’e-] by the registrars ranged across a wide field of matrimonial law

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extenderse / Los puntos de vista expresados por los registradores se extendieron por un amplio campo del Derecho matrimonial.

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rankle / A number of matters clearly rankled with some

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doler / Algunas cuestiones dolían claramente a algunos

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rate / The divorce rate is the most striking symptom of this breakdown

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tasa / La tasa de divorcio es el síntoma más llamativo de esta ruptura

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recess / Has repercussions in the innermost recesses of the lives [life lives] of its members

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recoveco / Tiene repercusiones en los recovecos más internos de las vidas de sus miembros

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relate to / Women’s working lives seem littel influenced by their marital status; rather they relate to the pattern of child-rearing

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relacionarse con / La vida de las mujeres trabajadoras parecen poco influidas por su estado civil, sino que se relacionan con el patrón de crianza de los hijos

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reliance [ri’lai-] on [~ in] / But, in the case of reliance on this last ‘fact’, section 5 required the court to disallow the divorce

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dependencia de [confianza en] / Pero en el caso afectado por este último hecho, la sección quinta ordenaba al tribunal rechazar el divorcio

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relief / Applications of ancillary relief are made to a registrar

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ayuda / Las solicitudes de ayuda auxiliar se hacen a un registrador

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reply / A proportion of the available [-‘—] replies

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contestación / Una proporción de las respuestas disponibles

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respondent / Irretrievable breakdown could be proved by establisihing separation for five years, wheter or not the respondent [-‘–] consented

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demandado / La ruptura irremediable podía ser probada estableciendo la separación por cinco años consintiera [-‘–] o no el demandado

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retort [ri’-] / A simple retort to the argument would refer to the terms of the commitment which imposed the duty on the individual

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réplica / Una simple réplica al argumento remitiría a los términos del compromiso que impuso el deber al individuo

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revert [ri’-] / But Germany reverted to a fault-based system in 1900

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volver / Pero Alemania volvió a un sistema basado en la culpa en el año 1900

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root [u:] / In a culture rooted in gender hierarchy

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arraigar / En una cultura arraigada en la jerarquía de género

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sample / It seems unlikely that this would have looked different had the sample been larger

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muestra / Parece improbable que este se hubiera mostrado distinto si la muestra hubiera sido más amplia

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script / Until a new script is settled [settle], a coherent legal structure will no be found

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escritura, guion / Hasta que no se establezca un nuevo guión, no se hallará una estructura legal coherente

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seek [sought sought] / Its opponents sought to enlist women’s groups to oppose the reform

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buscar, tratar / Sus oponentes trataron de reclutar grupos de mujeres para oponerse a la reforma

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set out / The new Act set out various ‘facts’ on proof of which alone, such breakdown would be established

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exponer / La nueva ley exponía varios hechos sobre el examen de los cuales únicamente tal ruptura sería establecida

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shape / The culture that helped to shape it (law) and which it in turn helped to shape

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formar / La cultura que ayudó a formarla y que, a su vez, ella ayudó a formar

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shift / The emphasis of de opposition was shifted

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mover, cambiar / Las prioridades de la oposición habían cambiado

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shore up / In this way, the autority of the father in the family and of the State over de family shored up

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apuntalar / De esta manera la autoridad del padre en la familia y la del estado sobre la familia se apuntalaban

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shrouded / The breach with the past was shrouded by the use of traditional language

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envuelto, ocultado / La brecha con el pasado fue envuelta por el uso de lenguaje tradicional

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sole / The sole ground for divorve was to be irretrievable breakdown of the marriage

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único / El único motivo para el divorcio sería la ruptura irremediable del matrimonio

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statement / The legal provisions and the statements of its judicial officers

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declaración / Las previsiones legales y las declaraciones de sus funcionarios judiciales

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striking [-ly] / The similarity of the pre-Christian European concept of marriage to modern, non-Western concepts is striking

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llamativo / La similitud del concepto precristiano europeo de matrimonio con los modernos conceptos no occidentales es llamativa

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task / But no writer on the modern divorce law can approach the task without personal values

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tarea / Pero ningún escritor en la moderna ley de divorcio puede abordar la tarea sin valores personales

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tear up [tore torn] / Is because the ‘story’ has now been torn up the concrete manifestations of the law have floundered

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arrancar / Es a causa de la ‘historia’ como ahora se ha arrancado que las concretas manifestaciones de la ley se hayan mantenido a flote

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themselves / Marriage and family relationships no longer, of and in themselves, establish a bond of duty

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sí mismos / El matrimonio y las relaciones familiares ya no, por y en sí mismos, establecen un vínculo de obligación

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therefore / The registrars’ ideology, presented in this book, is therefore an entirely male ideology

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por consiguiente / La ideología de los registradores presentada en este libro es, por consiguiente, una ideología enteramente masculina

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trusteeship / Trusteeship over present resources

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administración fiduciaria / Administración fiduciaria sobre los recursos presentes

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underlie [–‘ai , underlay, –‘ei, underlain, –‘ei] / The story that underlay the old law

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subyacer / La historia que subyace a la antigua ley

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undermine / The old premisses were fatally undermined

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socavar / Las viejas premisas eran fatalmente [‘ei .i] socavadas

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unheeded / These complaints have not gone unheeded

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desaparcibido / Estas quejas no han pasado desapercibidas

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wealth / Concentration of power and wealth

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valor / Concentración de poder y valor

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weigthting / They had the opportunity to give their own weighting to the matters they felt were important

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relieve / Tuvieron la oportunidad de dar su propio relieve a las cuestiones que consideraban importantes

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wellbeing / An important insurance for the economic wellbeing of wives and children

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bienestar / Un seguro importante para el bienestar económico de las mujeres y los niños

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withdraw [-drew -drawn] / Duties to an individual might persist after consent [-‘-] to their creation has been withdrawn

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retirar / Los deberes para un individuo podrían persistir después de que el consentimiento para su creación haya sido retirado

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withhold / The withholding of such consent might be unthinktable

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mantener / Mantener dicho consentimiento sería impensable

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worthwhile / It seemed worthwhile to present them

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que merece la pena / Ha parecido que merece la pena presentarlos

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commit [ke’-] / In the 1930s was some concern about the number of divorces, especially among religiously committed people

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comprometer / En la década de 1930 existía cierta preocupación sobre el número de divorcios, sobre todo entre las personas comprometidas con la religión

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