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... marriage . Kindred are relations by blood ; but affinity is the tie which exists be- tween one of the married parties with the kindred of the other . The term affinity is , therefore , used in contradis- tinction to consanguinity or ...
... marriage . Kindred are relations by blood ; but affinity is the tie which exists be- tween one of the married parties with the kindred of the other . The term affinity is , therefore , used in contradis- tinction to consanguinity or ...
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... marriage void , ab initio , or from the beginning . Vide note . AMERCEMENT . - A light or merciful penalty imposed by the court upon the officers of the court , sheriffs , cor- oners , & c . , for trivial offences or neglect in the ...
... marriage void , ab initio , or from the beginning . Vide note . AMERCEMENT . - A light or merciful penalty imposed by the court upon the officers of the court , sheriffs , cor- oners , & c . , for trivial offences or neglect in the ...
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... marriage . Vide note . AVUNCULUS.An uncle by the mother's side . Avus .———— A grandfather . AXIS.A board or table such as Solon's laws were written upon at Athens . NOTES TO A. ABALIENATIO , VEL TRANSLATIO DOMINII , & c . - The ...
... marriage . Vide note . AVUNCULUS.An uncle by the mother's side . Avus .———— A grandfather . AXIS.A board or table such as Solon's laws were written upon at Athens . NOTES TO A. ABALIENATIO , VEL TRANSLATIO DOMINII , & c . - The ...
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... marriage , and supposes the marriage to have been lawful — this divorce may be by reason of adultery in either of the parties ; for cruelty of the husband ; and for other reasons . And as a divorce a mensa et thoro does not dissolve the ...
... marriage , and supposes the marriage to have been lawful — this divorce may be by reason of adultery in either of the parties ; for cruelty of the husband ; and for other reasons . And as a divorce a mensa et thoro does not dissolve the ...
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... marriages were , for some considerable time , formerly celebrated at the door of the church , where , it appears , verbal settlements were made by way of dower , out of the husband's lands , in the presence of sufficient witnesses ...
... marriages were , for some considerable time , formerly celebrated at the door of the church , where , it appears , verbal settlements were made by way of dower , out of the husband's lands , in the presence of sufficient witnesses ...
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