ladys friend

from Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
LADY'S FRIEND. The name of a functioner in the British house of commons. 
When the husband sues for a divorce, or asks the passage of an act to 
divorce him from his wife, he is required to make a provision for her before 
the passage of the act; it is the duty of the lady's friend to see that such 
a provision is made. Macq. on H. & W. 213. 
    

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