Finally she had to file an action for divorce.

最后她只好提出离婚诉讼。

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Divorce shall be granted if one party is declared to be missing and the other party thereby files an action for divorce.

一方被宣告失踪，另一方提出离婚诉讼的，应准予离婚。

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Matrimonial action: matrimonial action refers to a lawsuit for the purpose of establishing or altering the marital status of the parties through an annulment or a divorce.

婚姻诉讼是指为了建立或改变婚姻当事人的关系而通过宣告婚姻结束或离婚而进行的诉讼。

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For example, she came to realise that sometimes divorce was the right course of action for unhappily married couples.

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