Matrimonial Causes (Northern Ireland) Order 1978

2.  “Matrimonial proceedings” means any proceedings so far as they are one or more of the five following kinds, namely, proceedings for—N.I.

  • divorce,

  • judicial separation,

  • nullity of marriage,

  • a declaration as to the validity of a marriage of the petitioner, and

  • a declaration as to the subsistence of such a marriage.