Is the repetition of the explicit pronouncement of divorce by the husband while watching a television program, with the intention of imitating an actor's words, considered an indication that he did not intend to effect a divorce, and consequently, divorce does not occur in this case?
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If someone utters the words "You are divorced" intending to recount what they heard in a TV series, a divorce does not take effect, because they did not intend to initiate a divorce. This is what the questioner understood.
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