Digest Of The Law Relating To Common Law Marriage In The States Territories And Dependencies Of The United States

Excerpt from Digest of the Law Relating to Common Law Marriage in the States, Territories, and Dependencies of the United States Trent in 1563, but since that date a solemnization by priestin Wo'pwisonoo of witnesses has been required in most Catholic countries. Ennd, however, refused to recognize the decree, and for centuries it was the accepted law in that country that no ceremony was necessary to create the marriage relation. This viev of the English lei-f was overthrown in 1844 by the case of Regina V. Millis, (10 Cl. Fin. 534, e Jur. 717, 17 Eng. Rul. Gas. 66) and subsequent legislation, but in this country the old rule had gained foothold before the decision of Regina v. Millis, and h 5 sub Sisted in nearly all jurisdictions as a part of our common law. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

The extraordinary recent increase in rates of cohabitation and non-marital birth presents a major challenge to traditional family law principles, and the legal rules governing cohabitation are thus among the most hotly contested areas of family law and policy today. In many nations, courts, legislatures, and law-reform bodies are "reinventing" common law marriage, seemingly without any sense of its history, doctrinal development, or limitations. The current law surrounding common law marriage is extremely complex. Professor Göran Lind has undertaken the demanding task of writing the most well-researched text on this topic to date. Separated into three Parts, Common Law Marriage covers the origins of the doctrine, its legal aspects in modern America, and the future of cohabitation law across the globe and in the 11 American jurisdictions that currently recognize common law marriage. It provides a cultural and historical history of the subject, from Ancient Roman Law to Medieval Canon Law, and analyzes over 2,000 American cases which have utilized the doctrine. This timely book is an excellent resource for scholars, legislators, and policymakers who are interested in the complex legalities of common law marriage.