Note 184 — Chapter XVII · A CENTURY AND A QUARTER OF DIVORCE LEGISLATION IN THE UNITED STATES, 1776-1903

Va. Code (1849), 561. Probably the abandonment or desertion is for a time less than five years, as the latter period is sufficient for a divorce a vinculo: Code (1860), 530, and note. On joint application of the parties and due evidence of reconciliation, a decree of separation may be revoked by the same court granting it; and when three years have elapsed without reconciliation after such a decree, the court may grant a full divorce: Acts (1895-96), 103; modified by ibid. (1902-3), 87, 98.