Is saying "you are free" a mistake when speaking to one's fiancée and wife?
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The suitor is a stranger to his fiancée, so the effects of divorce do not apply to his saying to her: "You are free," because she is not his wife. However, divorce does occur if this utterance comes from a husband to his wife and he intends divorce thereby.
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