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xiv, 565 pages 24 cm Includes bibliographical references (pages 547-557) Section I. Marriage and divorce legislation : A. The abolition of the clandestine marriage : 1. The council of Trent and the clandestine marriage, 1563 ; 2. An act for the better preventing of clandestine marriages, 1753 ; 3. Blackstone's statement of the law ; 4. The form of solemnization of matrimony ; 5. An American statement of the law regarding clandestine marriages / Milford v. Worcester ; 6. A second American statement / Fenton v. Reed -- 7. A restatement of the law / Seymour v. Seymour -- B. The eugenic marriage : 9. The Wisconsin marriage act ; 10. Act proposed by Massachusetts special commission established to investigate the laws relative to dependent, delinquent, and neglected children, 1931 -- C. The deliberate marriage : 11. The Tennessee waiting period act ; 12. Act proposed by the Massachusetts special commission relative to notice of intention of marriage -- D. Child marriages : 13. Child marriages in Massachusetts, 1931 ; 14. An act proposed by the Massachusetts special commission requiring proof of age ; 15. An act proposed by the Massachusetts special commission relative to the consent of p

Author

Breckinridge, Sophonisba P. (Sophonisba Preston), 1866-1948

Publisher

Chicago, Ill., The University of Chicago Press

Published

1934

Language

EN

Subjects

Philosophy, Law, Education

Updated

2026-03-24