Leaving husband or wife with the intention of not returning. It
must be premised that, if the husband deserted his wife and went
beyond the jurisdiction of the court, he could not be compelled
to give her a bill of divorce; and if he remained away and was
never heard of again, the wife was never free from the bond of
matrimony (see 'Agunah), because it was always the husband who
was presumed to grant a divorce, even though at the suit of the
wife, under the order of the court. There is no proceeding known
in Jewish law analogous to a modern suit for divorce on the
ground of the husband's desertion, in which the divorce is
granted judicially in the absence of the husband and without his
consent. Further, in Jewish law there is no presumption of death
from absence. Therefore the woman who was deserted by her
husband remained his wife until she received a bill of divorce
from him, or until his death was legally proved.Change of
Residence. There are cases in Jewish law which may technically
be deemed cases of des