They rest their case entirely upon the fact that the marriage was celebrated in a foreign country, where the marriage of a man with the sister of his deceased wife is permitted. There can be no doubt of the general rule, that 'a foreign marriage, valid... Extradition-Inspection - Page 631by John Mews - 1898Full view - About this book
| Great Britain. Parliament - 1861 - 1192 lehte
...does not at the same re that the clergy ought not to be allowed to enter the marriage state. Moreover, the marriage of a man with the sister of his deceased wife is invariably connected in one condemnation with a number of other unions which are permitted in this... | |
| 1848 - 728 lehte
...the law as administered in those courts, appearing upon a long series of decisions, it appears that the marriage of a man •with the sister of his deceased wife was voidable during the lifetime of both parties, because such marriages were, in those courts, held... | |
| 1841 - 496 lehte
...we have before referred to (5 & 6 W. 4, c. 54), the English law holds or is supposed to hold, i that the marriage of a man with the sister of his deceased wife is void, the Scotch law does not in the least degree interdict such a marriage, and if two English parties... | |
| 1842 - 508 lehte
...been attended to. Erratum, p. 63. For 1820 read 1830. Erratum in Vol. 26, p. 158. The statement that the marriage of a man with the sister of his deceased wife is not interdicted by the Scotch law, is incorrect. LIST OF NEW PUBLICATIONS. The Law of Joint Stock Companies.... | |
| Charles Hodge, Lyman Hotchkiss Atwater - 1842 - 672 lehte
...tendency prevailing to relax this law, it has of late years been rendered more stringent. Before 1835, the marriage of a man with the sister of his deceased wife, was in England merely voidable ; but since that date it is void, and the children illegitimate. Now... | |
| 1843 - 602 lehte
...And on the strength of this principle the ground is taken, that even did the Scriptures " assert that the marriage of a man with the sister of his deceased wife was lawful for the Jews, it would not be the less unlawful for us." This would seem to be, at least,... | |
| 1848 - 562 lehte
...arguments and referred to in the judgment of my Lord Deninan and my brother Coleridge,— it appears that the marriage of a man with the sister of his deceased wife was voidable because such marriages were, in those Courts, held to be within the prohibited degrees.... | |
| Thomas Campbell Foster - 1847 - 184 lehte
...favoured with a call to ask me to sign a petition to Parliament for the removal of the Act prohibiting the marriage of a man with the sister of his deceased wife, I could not hesitate complying with the request, and the less so, as in no instance had I ever discovered... | |
| Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons - 1848 - 584 lehte
...question, whether it was in whole or in part supported by Scripture, they have come to be of opinion that the marriage of a man with the sister of his deceased wife is not a forbidden marriage, because they do not think it is forbidden by the text of Scripture to which... | |
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