Enoch Arden law

== English == === Etymology === Named after Tennyson's 1864 melodrama Enoch Arden. === Noun === Enoch Arden law (plural Enoch Arden laws) A law that grants a divorce, or a legal exemption to allow remarrying, when a person's spouse has been absent without explanation for a certain period, typically seven years. === Further reading === Enoch Arden law on Wikipedia.Wikipedia