Abandonment (redirected from Abandonment of domicile)

abandonment, in law, voluntary, intentional, and absolute relinquishment of rights or property without conveying them to any other person. Abandonment also means willfully leaving one's spouse or children, intending not to return (see desertion). In many states the abandonment of a child is a criminal offense.

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Abandonment

See also Orphan.

Ariadne

deserted by her lover Theseus at Naxos. [Gk. Myth.: Benét 48]

Auburn

agricultural village which loses inhabitants with onslaught of industry. [Br. Lit.: “The Deserted Village” in Traveller]

Cio-Cio-San

deserted by family for renouncing her religion. [Ital. Opera: Puccini, Madama Butterfly, Westerman, 357]

Hauser, Caspar

foundling, in solitary confinement till sixteen, then thrown into the world, claimed as a royal scion, and assassinated. [Ger. Lit.: Wassermann Caspar Hauser in Benét, 446]

Helmer, Nora

deserts family to find “whole woman” identity. [Nor. Lit.: A Doll’s House]

Henchard-Newson

Susan Michael Henchard’s deserted wife. [Br. Lit.: The Mayor of Casterbridge, Magill I, 571–573]

Mary Celeste

brigantine found drifting with no hands aboard. [Br. Folklore: Leach, 683]

Meeber, Carrie

deserted by her first lover, she deserts her second. [Am. Lit.: Sister Carrie in Magill I, 895]

Patna

ship, carrying Moslem pilgrims, abandoned by captain and crew in a storm. [Br. Lit.: Joseph Conrad Lord Jim]

Perdita

abandoned as an infant by the king, her father, secretly raised by a shepherd. [Br. Drama: Shakespeare The Winter’s Tale]

Philoctetes

Greek hero abandoned for ten years by his comrades because of the smell of his wound. [Gk. Drama: Sophocles Philoctetes in Benét, 783]

Santuzza

deserted by Turiddu after yielding to his advances. [Ital. Opera: Mascagni, Cavalleria Rusticana, Westerman, 3387 339]

Smike

boy deserted and forgotten at Dotheboys Hall. [Br. Lit.: Nicholas Nickleby]

Snow White

deserted in forest; found by seven dwarfs. [Ger. Fairy Tale: Grimm, 184]

Tatiana

gives her love to Onegin, who scorns it and leaves her. [Russ. Lit.: Eugene Onegin]

Thursday, Margaret

left on church doorstep as baby. [Children’s Lit.: Margaret Thursday, Fisher, 199–200]