Does a divorce uttered by the husband with the words "you are divorced" occur if it was part of an internal monologue and an attempt to practice speech, without remembering whether his tongue and lips moved or a sound was emitted, knowing that the marriage contract took place before consummation?
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Divorce does not occur through inner thoughts, or by doubting it, or by uttering it as an experiment in speaking it. Nor does the divorce of a person afflicted with obsessive thoughts occur if he utters it due to his obsessions.
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