The basis of the existing law of Alabama was laid in the act of 1852, although important additions to the causes were subsequently made. The court of chancery now has power to grant a divorce from the bond of wedlock according to the following complex scheme: I. In favor of either spouse: (1) when at the time of the contract the other is "physically and incurably incapacitated from entering into the marriage state;" (2) for adultery; (3) for voluntary abandonment for two years; (4) for imprisonment in any state penitentiary for two years, the sentence being for seven years or longer; (5) for a crime against nature; (6) for "becoming addicted after marriage to habitual drunkenness."[219] II. In favor of the husband: for pregnancy of the wife, as provided in 1843. III. In favor of the wife: "when the husband has committed actual violence on her person, attended with danger to life or health, or when from his conduct there is reasonable apprehension of such violence." The chancellor is further authorized to decree a separation from bed and board for cruelty[220] in either of the consorts, or for any cause which will justify a decree from the bonds of matrimony, if the person applying therefor desires only a partial divorce.[221] [219] _Code of Ala._ (1887), 253; _ibid._ (1897), 491-95. The first four of these causes appear in _Code_ (1852), 378; the fifth and sixth in the act of 1870. [220] For interpretation of "cruelty" see 23 _Alabama_, 785; 27 _Alabama_, 222; 28 _Alabama_, 315; 30 _Alabama_, 714; 44 _Alabama_, 670, 698. [221] _Code of Ala._ (1887), 524-26; _ibid._ (1897), 492. The causes of full divorce mentioned under II and III appear in _Code_ (1852), 378.