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Does a man's divorce of his wife take effect if he says "I divorce you" in a foreign language?

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If a man utters a clear statement of divorce in his language, his divorce takes effect, because divorce is established in all languages as long as the meaning is the same. The number of divorces that occur depends on the words uttered by the husband, and the default is that a single divorce occurs unless there is something in the wording that indicates otherwise.

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