 The consent of the parties may be declared before a magistrate, or simply before witnesses, or subsequently confessed or acknowledged, or the marriage may even be inferred from continual cohabitation, and reputation as husband and wife, except in cases...  Theologiæ dogmaticæ tractus ... - Page 145by Francis Patrick Kenrick - 1840Full view - About this book
 | William Paley - 1835 - 324 pages
...engage to keep only to one another during their joint lives. Q" It is not necessary, by the common law, that a clergyman should be present, to give validity...witnesses, or subsequently confessed or acknowledged ; or the marriage may even be inferred from their reputation as hus4fiO What effect has canonical disabilities... | |
 | Andrew White Young - 1839 - 472 pages
...simple consent of the parties is all that is re. quired to render marriage valid ; and this consent may be declared before a magistrate, or simply before witnesses, or subsequently acknowledged ; or it may be inferred from continual cohabitation and reputation as husband and wife.... | |
 | Hamilton Smythe - 1842 - 348 pages
...by the common law was, whether " cohabitation was also necessary to give validity to " the contract. It is not necessary that a clergyman " should be present..." suitable to the solemnity of the occasion." The same position is laid down by Lord Holt in Jesson v. Collins. "If a contract be per verba de prcesenti,... | |
 | Ireland. Court of King's Bench, Robert Jebb, Richard Bourke - 1843 - 412 pages
...by the common law was, whether " cohabitation was also necessary to give validity to " the contract. It is not necessary that a clergyman " should be present..." suitable to the solemnity of the occasion." The same position is laid down by Lord Holt in Jesson v. Collins.(a) " If a contract be per verba de prasenli,... | |
 | Edward Deering Mansfield - 1845 - 404 pages
...necessary that a clergyman or any particular officer should be present to give validity to a marriage. The consent of the parties may be declared before a magistrate, or simply before witnesses. For many purposes (such, for example, as charging the husband with the wife's debts), the marriage... | |
 | James Kent - 1848 - 1046 pages
...besolemnithe common law was, whether cohabitation was also necessary to give validity to the contract. It is not necessary that a clergyman should be present...witnesses, or subsequently confessed or acknowledged, or the marriage may even be inferred from continual cohabitation, and reputation as husband and wife,... | |
 | Andrew White Young - 1839 - 384 pages
...A simple consent of the parties is all that is required to render marriage valid ; and this consent may be declared before a magistrate, or simply before witnesses, or subsequently acknowledged ; or it may be inferred from continual cohabitation and reputation as husband and wife.... | |
 | Member of the New York Bar - 1852 - 738 pages
...deliberate consent of parties entering into a present agreement to take each other for husband and wife, may be declared before a magistrate, or simply before...witnesses, or subsequently confessed or acknowledged ; or the marriage may be inferred from continual cohabitation, and reputation as husband and wife, except... | |
 | Indiana. Supreme Court, Horace E. Carter, Albert Gallatin Porter, Gordon Tanner, Benjamin Harrison, Michael Crawford Kerr, James Buckley Black, Augustus Newton Martin, Francis Marion Dice, John Worth Kern, John Lewis Griffiths, Sidney Romelee Moon, Charles Frederick Remy - 1853 - 732 pages
...consummation , it amounts to a valid marriage, and which the parties cannot dissolve if otherwise competent; it is not necessary that a clergyman should be present to give validity to the marriage ; the consent of the parties may be declared before a magistrate, or simply before witnesses, or subsequently... | |
 | James Kent - 1858 - 966 pages
...performed the ceremony and without the presence of witnesses. Beamish v. Beamish, 18 Law Kep. 628. It is not necessary that a clergyman should be present...witnesses, or subsequently confessed or acknowledged, or the marriage may even be inferred from continual cohabitation, and reputation as husband and wife,... | |
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