 | Charles George Herbermann - Catholic Church - 1913 - 880 pages
...humanitarianism and general excellence. MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE.— The statutes of Minnesota declare that marriage, so far as its validity in law is concerned, is a civil contract, to which the 'consent of the parties capable in law of contracting is essential. Every male person who has attained the full... | |
 | Charles George Herbermann - Catholic Church - 1913 - 884 pages
...and 471). This decision, it should be noted, was put squarely on the ground that in New York marriage is a civil contract to which the consent of parties capable in law of contracting is essential, and. where the consent is obtained by legal fraud, the marriage may be annulled as in the case of any... | |
 | Roger William Cooley - Domestic relations - 1913 - 368 pages
...general statute, 'that marriage, so far as its validity in law is concerned, shall continue in this state a civil contract, to which the consent of parties, capable in law of contracting, shall be essential,' is not decisive of the question. 2 Rev. St. 138. This statute declares it a civil... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1914 - 1340 pages
...12 Am. Rep. 260. Many religious people regard marriage as a sacrament. Our statute provides : "That marriage, so far as its validity in law is concerned, is a civil contract, to which the consent of the parties capable in law of contracting, is essential." Rev. Laws, | 2338. In his work on Marriage... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1914 - 1296 pages
...260. Many religious people regard marriage as a sacrament. Our statute provides : "That marriage, во far as its validity in law is concerned, is a civil contract, to which the consent of the parties capable in law of contracting, is essential." Rev. Laws, § 2338. In his work on Marriage... | |
 | Law - 1914 - 1398 pages
...allege that the child was unmarried; Rev. St. 1899, § 4311, providing that marriage Is In law a dvll contract to which the consent of parties capable in law of contracting is essential, not giving the right to parents or guardians to contract marriages between males under the age of 14... | |
 | United States. Department of the Interior - Bounties, Military - 1914 - 458 pages
...1901, chapter 339, provides: Marriage, so far as its validity in law is concerned, continues to be a civil contract, to which the consent of parties capable in law of making a contract is essential. • * * And section 4 of the laws of 1896, supra, defining voidable... | |
 | Law - 1914 - 1370 pages
...County v. Wolfe, 117 NW 32, 34, 138 Iowa. 749. Under the statutory definition of marriage in Missouri as a civil contract to which the consent of parties capable in law of eon tracting is essential, there could be no шагrlage in legal contemplation between slave* in that... | |
 | Michigan - 1916 - 126 pages
...county clerk, unless such female has no parent or guardian living. Marriage, so far as its validity is concerned, is a civil contract, to which the consent of parties is essential. (How. 11423-24-39; CL 8588-89, 8604.) As to age in marriages to protect reputation, see... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1921 - 1780 pages
...offense" — citing many cases which support the text. Section 11,363, Сотр. Laws 1915, reads : "Marriage, so far as its validity in law is concerned,...parties capable in law of contracting is essential." It has been repeatedly held in this state that a ceremonial marriage is not essential to its validity,... | |
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Marriage, so far as its validity in law is concerned, is a civil contract, to which the consent of parties capable in law of contracting is essential. 
