LessonsMethods of Metaphorical Transfer: Cause, Effect and Legal MeaningQuiz

فيكون الطلاق الواقع به رجعيًّا كصريح الطلاق
The divorce resulting from this usage is treated in the discussion as revocable, analogous in effect to an explicit divorce.

A figurative transfer establishes the relevant legal meaning; it does not import every property of the literal original. Once divorce is intended and recognized, the nature of that divorce must be determined within its own legal framework.

A revocable divorce allows return under specified conditions and within its relevant period, whereas an irrevocable divorce has a different structure. The present point is how an indirect expression obtains a determinate legal classification.

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Methods of Metaphorical Transfer: Cause, Effect and Legal Meaning

فيكون الطلاق الواقع به رجعيًّا كصريح الطلاق
The divorce resulting from this usage is treated in the discussion as revocable, analogous in effect to an explicit divorce.

A figurative transfer establishes the relevant legal meaning; it does not import every property of the literal original. Once divorce is intended and recognized, the nature of that divorce must be determined within its own legal framework.

A revocable divorce allows return under specified conditions and within its relevant period, whereas an irrevocable divorce has a different structure. The present point is how an indirect expression obtains a determinate legal classification.