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Where settlement funds were to be held in trust for the children of A as well by B as by every and any future wife he might marry, and A, after the death of B, by whom he had three children who all attained 21 in his lifetime, went through the form of marriage with the sister of his dead wife and had
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passed the
Deceased Brother's Widow's Marriage Act (Northern Ireland) 1924 to remove doubts as to the application of the 1921 act there. Section 3 of the 1907 Act was repealed by the Matrimonial Causes Act (Northern Ireland) 1939. The provisions of the 1931 and 1960 Acts regarding nieces and nephews
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An 1848 parliamentary inquiry concluded that the 1835 Act had not appreciably diminished the number of putative marriages within the prohibited degrees. Its survey of part of
England found 1364 such marriages since 1835 — more than 90% with a deceased wife's sister — compared with only 88 planned
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If one was forbidden from marrying someone even after one's current spouse died, then sex with them while one's current spouse lived was considered to constitute the crime of incest under the
Scottish Marriage Act 1567, and considered grounds for divorce under the Matrimonial Causes Act 1857. As
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Widowers' desires to marry their sisters-in-law became the subject of particular agitation from the 1860s onward, and strong feelings were roused on both sides. However, it was to be nearly 50 years before the campaign for a change in the law was successful, despite the introduction of draft
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The Book of common prayer : and administration of the sacraments, and other rites and ceremonies of the church, according to the use of the Church of
England : together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, pointed as they are to be sung or said in
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was introduced, and defeated by strong opposition. "Although seemingly a minor skirmish, had far-ranging implications and was fought on the political scene almost annually for most of the
Victorian period". Peter Ferriday observed in his biography of
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held that the effect of s. 2 was to provide that rights of property existing at the date of that marriage were not to be altered or interfered with, and that accordingly the children of the second marriage took no share of the settlement funds.
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in Great
Britain were replicated for Northern Ireland in 1949 and 1978 respectively. The 1978 statute repealed the 1939 Act and replaced the others. A 1984 statute replaced the 1978 statute, and repealed it and the earlier unrepealed ones.
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in 1882. Although
British law recognised foreign marriages, it was unclear, until the passage of the Colonial Marriages (Deceased Wife's Sister) Act 1906, whether such colonial marriages would be recognised within the United Kingdom.
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822:. The Marriage (Prohibited Degrees) Relationship Act 1931 extended the operation of the 1907 Act to allow the marriages of nieces and nephews by marriage as well. Section 4 of the 1907 Act was rendered moot in 1944, when the
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The will of a man who died in 1902 specified that income from his investments would be paid to his widow until her remarriage. The income continued after her invalid 1904 remarriage to her deceased sister's widower. In 1911,
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The
Marriage Law of England: A Practical Treatise on the Legal Incidents Connected with the Law of Constitution of the Matrimonial Contract, with an Appendix of Statutes, Summary of Colonial Marriage Laws, and Other
842:. c. 29), which also permitted marriage in Great Britain with a relative of a former spouse who was divorced rather than deceased. The prohibition on marriage with a divorced wife's sister is the crux of the plot of
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to officiate in his stead. Past marriages of such affinity would remain null, notwithstanding the change in law, if they had already been annulled or either spouse had subsequently married someone else.
544:(1891), Tess suggests that after her death, her husband Angel should marry her younger sister Liza-Lu; at the time the novel was set and published, such a marriage would have been illegal in England.
803:
The 1907 Act did exactly what it said and no more. It was amended by the
Deceased Brother's Widow's Marriage Act 1921 to allow a widow to marry her deceased husband's brother. This was a response to
597:, it was read a second time by a majority of 38, the figures being 142 to 104; and the Bill was in that year passed through your Lordships' House to suffer extinction in the other House. In the
490:: "Was there a single eminent Victorian who did not at some time or other announce his views on the 'deceased wife's sister'? She was the teething ring of all Victorian controversialists...".
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regards sex with one's living wife's sister, the
Deceased Wife's Sister's Marriage Act 1907 explicitly preserved the 1857 position but was silent on the 1567 position. A 1913 decision of the
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married the sisters of their deceased wives in, respectively, Switzerland and Norway. However, this was only possible for those who could afford to travel abroad; moreover, in 1861 the
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After 1835 a marriage between a widower and his late wife's sister was still recognised in the United Kingdom if it took place abroad where it was lawful. For example, the painters
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recommended abolishing all restrictions based on affinity as opposed to consanguinity. In 2006, ruling in favour of a woman wishing to marry her divorced husband's brother, the
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939:, a feature film criticized for its portrayal of a devout Anglican who married his deceased wife's sister in direct contradiction of law and religion of the time.
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517:(1874, published anonymously) supported change. Craik had accompanied Edith Waugh to her Swiss wedding with her sister Fanny's widower William Holman Hunt.
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Section 1 of the act removed the affinity between a man and his deceased wife's sister as grounds for annulment of a past or future marriage. It allowed a
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In Scotland, while the Confession absolutely prohibited marrying one's deceased wife's sister, the 1567 Act did not, causing some uncertainty. In 1889
901:. Other degrees of affinity remain prohibited in law, although jurist Maebh Harding suggests a case similar to 2006 would find them unconstitutional.
775:
1777:
1348:"Articles of Religion; A Table of Kindred and Affinity, wherein whosoever are related, are forbidden in Scripture, and our Laws, to marry together"
445:
1837:"The Forgotten Liberal Social Reform? Marriage with a Deceased Wife's Sister, Political Nonconformity and the New Liberalism in Edwardian Britain"
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1781:
424:), which hardened the English and Irish law into an absolute prohibition, so that from then on such marriages could no longer take place in the
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Bennett, Bruce S. (October 1998). "Banister v Thompson and Afterwards: The Church of England and the Deceased Wife's Sister's Marriage Act".
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with one's wife's sister remained grounds for divorce proceedings, and a man was still forbidden from marrying his divorced wife's sister.
601:, during the fifty-eight years between 1849 and this year, the Deceased Wife's Sister Bill was carried by large majorities nineteen times.
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252:, allowing a man to marry his dead wife's sister, which had previously been forbidden. This prohibition had derived from a doctrine of
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Section 2 provided that inheritance rights and obligations would not be changed by the validation of past marriages under the Act.
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959:"First Report ... Relating to the Prohibited Degrees of Affinity, and to Marriages Solemnized Abroad or in the British Colonies"
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531:(1882), in which the Queen of the Fairies sings "He shall prick that annual blister, marriage with deceased wife's sister".
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331:. The Reformation saw all three kingdoms replace the Catholic prohibitions with ones based on the incest prohibitions of
228:
1984:
Durbach, Nadja (January 2022). ""Why Cant 2 Brothers"? World War I and Britain's Deceased Brother's Widow Act of 1921".
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1876:
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A putative widow died shortly after the 1907 enactment. A son from her late husband's first marriage to her sister died
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introduced a bill to clarify this but it was defeated as superfluous, since the Confession had been adopted by statute.
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ruled that, although s. 1 of the 1907 Act validated the 1904 marriage, s. 2 prevented termination of the 1902 income.
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ruled that the widow's children were entitled to the same share of their half-brother's estate as his full siblings.
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643:. c. 47) removed the prohibition while providing savers for various existing laws, some to placate opposition of the
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Gruner, Elisabeth Rose (Winter 1999). "Born and Made: Sisters, Brothers, and the Deceased Wife's Sister Bill".
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As long as both spouses of a voidable marriage lived, their children had the uncertain prospect of being made
2136:"British Imperial Statutes and Irish Sovereignty: Statutes Passed After the Creation of the Irish Free State"
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had regarded a deceased wife's sister as within the prohibited degrees, which could be exempted only by
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clergyman to refuse to officiate at such a wedding, and to nominate a substitute clergyman of the same
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legislation in Parliament on many occasions. The lengthy nature of the campaign was referred to in the
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Sin, Sanctity and the Sister-in-Law: Marriage with a Deceased Wife's Sister in the Nineteenth Century
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1797:"'A Harem in the Home: The Deceased Wife's Sister Bill and the Colonisation of the English Hearth'"
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three children by her, and subsequently s. 1 of the 1907 Act legalized that marriage. In 1922,
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Between 1851 and 1889 you rejected the Deceased Wife's Sister Bill thirteen times. In 1883 you
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legally married to his deceased wife's sister was overruled in 1908 by the statement of the
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and colonies at all. However, such marriages which had already taken place were validated.
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held that such sex, though still adulterous, was no longer incestuous under the 1907 act.
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found section 3(2) of the 1907 Act as amended by the 1921 Act was incompatible with the
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Dutta, Shanta (1995). "Thomas Hardy and the Deceased Wife's Sister Marriage Bill".
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The Inheritance Of Evil; Or, The Consequences Of Marrying A Deceased Wife's Sister
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The Inheritance of Evil; or, the Consequences of Marrying a Deceased Wife's Sister
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2296:"The curious incident of the Marriage Act (no 2) 1537 and the Irish statute book"
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2076:. Vol. D (2nd ed.). Belfast: H.M. Stationery Office. 1982. p. 493.
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pressed them to break up, given that the 1835 Act prohibited their marrying.
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1508:"Triangular Desire and the Sororal Bond: The "Deceased Wife's Sister Bill.""
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Royal Commission on the State and Operation of the Law of Marriage (1848).
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An Act to amend the Law relating to Marriage with a Deceased Wife's Sister.
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Royal Commission on the State and Operation of the Law of Marriage (1848)
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Royal Commission on the State and Operation of the Law of Marriage (1848)
559:. This ended his prospects of further public office, although he was made
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of a Church of England clergyman who married his deceased wife's sister.
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The deceased wife's sister, and My beautiful neighbour, in three volumes
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Dale, William (1981). "Statutory Reform: The Draftsman and The Judge".
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marriages prevented by the Act, of whom 32 couples remained in "open
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the 1907, 1921, and 1931 Acts were repealed and consolidated by the
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to amend. Deceased Wife's Sister's Marriage Acts were passed by the
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1396:"Marriage with a Deceased Wife's Sister (Scotland) Bill. (No. 13.)"
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Family Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Order 1984
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Family Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Order 1984
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1752:"Marriage with a Deceased Wife's Sister Bill. Second Reading"
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Eversley, William Pinder; Craies, William Feilden (1910).
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Includes:reports from Commissioners, Inspectors and Others
647:(Church of England bishops). The Bill was introduced as a
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in 1858. After Stella Duckworth's 1897 death, her husband
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and willingness to take on the Lords, foreshadowing the
51:(The short title is authorised by section 6 of the Act.)
1726:. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. pp. 70–72.
1690:"La Trobe's Marriage with his 'Deceased Wife's Sister'"
1661:
Can Jane Eyre Be Happy? More Puzzles in Classic Fiction
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married his deceased wife's sister in 1760. He advised
2242:"Constitutional right to marry restricted by 1907 Act"
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in the United Kingdom and its predecessor kingdoms of
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Group appointed by the Archbishop of Canterbury 1984
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In re Springfield's Settlement; Davies v. Springfield
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Group appointed by the Archbishop of Canterbury [
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Deceased Wife's Sister's Marriage Act 1907 sec. 3(1)
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In-laws and outlaws: kinship and marriage in England
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Supreme Court of Judicature (Consolidation) Act 1925
465:, the prohibitions of affinity remained unaffected.
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Colonial Marriages (Deceased Wife's Sister) Act 1906
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Marriage (Prohibited Degrees) Relationship Act 1931
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854:committee rejected a petition from a couple for a
716:Section 5 provided that the provisions applied to
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2122:Matrimonial Causes (Northern Ireland) Order 1978
1696:(71). State Library Victoria Foundation: 147–148
1217:. Vol. HC Deb 169. 15 February 1907. c. 417
818:, section 3 of the 1907 Act was repealed by the
639:The Deceased Wife's Sister's Marriage Act 1907 (
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1174:"The Prohibited Degrees of Marriage and Incest"
922:Catherine of Aragon as wife and widow of Arthur
420:to introduce "Lord Lyndhurst's Act" (later the
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1977:
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493:The topic was a main point in several novels:
453:in the jurisdiction of the wedding. While the
416:by the voiding of the marriage. This prompted
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1402:. Vol. HC 334. 3 April 1889. cc1511–1532
1211:"Marriage with a Deceased Wife's Sister Bill"
610:Although the 1835 Act applied throughout the
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1064:International and Comparative Law Quarterly
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614:, it was among the class of laws which the
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993:Deceased Wife's Sister's Marriage Act 1907
811:' pensions and increasing the birth rate.
287:, or the idea that a married couple were "
271:for marriage included relatives by blood (
238:Deceased Wife's Sister's Marriage Act 1907
25:Deceased Wife's Sister's Marriage Act 1907
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483:Marriage to a Deceased Wife's Sister Bill
279:, and extended to relatives by marriage (
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291:". Originally, marriage was a matter of
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1983:
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885:being held not to apply. In 1984, the
858:exempting them from this prohibition.
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1011:The Journal of Ecclesiastical History
834:. In Scotland they were repealed the
626:in the 1870s, and by the Dominion of
283:) apparently reflecting an analogous
229:Text of statute as originally enacted
222:History of passage through Parliament
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2019:15 & 16 Geo. 5. c.49 s.226 sch.6
1835:Barrie, David G. (1 December 2021).
1714:
1061:
883:Constitution of the Irish Free State
709:Section 4 retained the liability to
569:Vanessa Stephen [later Bell]
488:Edmund Beckett, 1st Baron Grimthorpe
256:whereby those who were connected by
1355:. Cambridge: J. Baskerville. 1762 .
1047:. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
824:Convocations of Canterbury and York
807:to encourage remarriages, reducing
759:no longer applied to such spouses.
547:In 1855, a year after resigning as
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1576:Craik, Dinah Maria Mulock (1872).
1370:Church of Ireland Canon XLVII 1634
561:Companion of the Order of the Bath
14:
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2277:"Legal requirements for marriage"
2312:10.1111/j.1748-121X.2011.00217.x
2102:Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly
1597:. London: Richard Bentley. 1874.
1287:ss. 79 and 80, Schedules 5 and 6
593:, and in 1896, on the Motion of
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669:its commitment to social reform
616:Colonial Laws Validity Act 1865
549:Lieutenant-Governor of Victoria
353:Westminster Confession of Faith
1891:; 1 Ch 310; 80 LJCh 263; 130
1795:Nagai, Kaori (December 2002).
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1688:Reilly, Dianne (Autumn 2003).
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867:Parliament of Northern Ireland
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2193:Report on Nullity of marriage
2134:Mohr, Thomas (8 April 2011).
2062:14 & 15 Geo. 5 c. 22 (NI)
1913:In re Green, Green v. Meinall
1841:The English Historical Review
1736:– via Internet Archive.
1245:electronic Irish Statute Book
1196:
1097:. London: Stevens and Haynes.
850:. In 1947 the House of Lords
723:Section 6 assigned the Act's
678:
2152:10.1080/01440365.2011.559120
1915:; 2 Ch 275; 131 LT 360; 46
1285:12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6 c. 76
899:1996 legalisation of divorce
836:Marriage (Enabling) Act 1960
698:Section 3 provided that the
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269:Prohibited degree of kinship
162:Marriage (Enabling) Act 1960
7:
1879:; Bennett 1998, pp. 670–677
1722:Virginia Woolf; a biography
1506:Chambers, Diane M. (1996),
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988:Deceased Wife's Sister Act
943:
774:in 1911. Later that year,
515:The Deceased Wife's Sister
449:that one spouse had to be
21:United Kingdom legislation
2345:Barrie, David G. (2018).
1986:Journal of Family History
1322:"Affinity (In Canon Law)"
1023:10.1017/S0022046997005629
856:private act of Parliament
541:Tess of the d'Urbervilles
400:, the younger brother of
385:of any interested party.
319:applied, which since the
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1998:10.1177/0363199020988326
1628:The Thomas Hardy Journal
1528:Ferriday, Peter (1957),
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573:George Herbert Duckworth
567:courted her half-sister
325:matrimonial dispensation
80:Territorial extent
2108:(4): 215–216. May 1950.
2086:1939 c.13 (NI) s.31 sch
2030:21 & 22 Geo. 5 c.31
1421:5 & 6 Will. 4 c. 54
1076:10.1093/iclqaj/30.1.141
895:Constitution of Ireland
875:Republic of Ireland law
653:William Brampton Gurdon
571:, but Stella's brother
73:William Brampton Gurdon
1970:11 & 12 Geo.5 c.24
1941:Solicitor-General v AB
1438:, 11 E.R. 703; (1857)
1368:(33 Hen. 8 c. 6 ) and
805:First World War deaths
799:Subsequent legislation
711:ecclesiastical censure
620:responsible government
618:allowed colonies with
501:opposed change, while
2361:10.4324/9781351247856
1592:Gruner 1999, p. 437;
1574:Gruner 1999, p. 435;
1549:Gruner 1999, p. 430;
1326:Catholic Encyclopedia
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887:Law Reform Commission
702:would be unaffected;
649:private member's bill
591:read it a second time
511:William Clark Russell
391:silence, secrecy and
2281:Citizens Information
2040:Bennett 1998, p. 679
1866:Banister v. Thompson
1825:Bennett 1998, p. 669
1613:Bradley, pp. 406–408
735:The 1907 refusal of
523:Gilbert and Sullivan
441:House of Lords ruled
383:ecclesiastical court
335:: in England by the
1853:10.1093/ehr/ceab357
1582:. New York: Harper.
848:When the Wind Blows
673:Parliament Act 1911
624:Australian colonies
433:William Holman Hunt
205:Republic of Ireland
26:
2283:. 14 January 2022.
1870:Thompson v. Dibdin
1847:(583): 1477–1512.
1750:(20 August 1907).
1440:27 Law J. Rep. 401
757:Sacrament Act 1547
665:then in government
317:Catholic canon law
24:
2248:. 6 November 2006
1733:978-0-15-193765-3
1512:Mosaic (Winnipeg)
1468:978-1-135-34995-0
1366:Marriage Act 1542
1188:978-0-312-00550-4
1119:978-0-7151-3697-3
1054:978-0-19-816503-3
911:Marriage Act 1753
879:coming into force
840:8 & 9 Eliz. 2
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