Convert's Marriage Dissolution Act, 1866
6. Court in which suit shall be brought
If the respondent, at the time of commencement
of such suit, reside within the local limits of the ordinary original civil
jurisdiction of any of the High Courts of Judicature, the suit shall be
commenced in such Court; otherwise it shall be commenced in the principal Civil
Court of original jurisdiction of the district in the defendant shall reside at
the commencement of the suit.