 | 1904 - 980 σελίδες
...contract — At common law, marriage is the volunthe assent of the parties — but when estab- tary union for life of one man and one woman, to the exclusion of all others. The le- • gal status of marriage rests solely on the basis of a civil contract, In which the contracting... | |
 | James William Norton-Kyshe - 1904 - 432 σελίδες
...See HUSBAND AND WIFE, 1. 3. Marriage in the contemplation of every Christian community is the union of one man and one woman to the exclusion of all others. — Lush, LJ, Harvey v. Farnie (1880), LR 6 Pro. D. 53. 4. Matrimony is a sacrament.8 — Abney, J.,... | |
 | Joseph Henry Dart - 1905 - 996 σελίδες
...Such a marriage must be formed on the basis of marriages recognized throughout Christendom, and be in essence the voluntary union for life of one man and one woman to the exclusion of all others (in). ~ By the Legitimacy Declaration Act, 1858 («), any natural As to the Legitimac; Declare tio... | |
 | George Browne - 1905 - 826 σελίδες
...to the case. " Di«£ °?, Domicile." " In this rule and the following rule the term marriage means the voluntary union for life of one man and one woman to the exclusion of all others. " Exception 1. — A marriage is not valid which is incestuous by the laws of all Christian countries.... | |
 | John Bassett Moore - 1906 - 1140 σελίδες
...something more than a contract; it is an institution. and as understood in Christendom may be defined as " the voluntary union for life of one man and one woman, to the exclusion of all others." Lord Penzance, Hyde r. Hyde and Woodmansee (186fi), LR 1 P. and O. 130, 133. See Studies in Private... | |
 | John Bassett Moore - 1906 - 1144 σελίδες
...something more than a contract: it is an institution, and as understood in Christendom may be defined as "the voluntary union for life of one man and one woman, to the exclusion of all others." Lonl Penzancc, Hyde v. Hyde and Woodmnnsee (I860), LR 1 P. and D. 130, 133. See Studies in Private... | |
 | Joseph Henry Beale - 1907 - 840 σελίδες
...designated husband and wife, is not a valid marriage according to the law of England, unless it be formed on the same basis as marriages throughout Christendom,...man and one woman, to the exclusion of all others.'" In Brinkley v. Attorney-General, 15 P. Div. 76, a marriage in Japan, according to the native custom,... | |
 | 1907 - 638 σελίδες
...is not made with the intent to be dissolved at the free will of the parties; from its nature, it is the voluntary union for life of one man and one woman to the exclusion of all others. (Hyde v. Hyde, 4 Swab, and Trist. 80.) At Rome, no one married to procure a faithful wife; divorce... | |
 | 1904 - 766 σελίδες
...Bethell, Bethell v. Hildyard*, where the courts decided that marriage as undertood in Christendom is the voluntary union for life of one man and one woman to the exclusion of all others ; and that a marriage contracted in a country where polygamy is lawful, although it may there bear... | |
 | Transvaal (Colony). Supreme Court - 1908 - 1620 σελίδες
...designated husband and wife, is not a valid marriage according to the law of England, unless it be formed on the same basis as marriages throughout Christendom,...man and one woman to the exclusion of all others.' " This Court in Moshia Ebrahim v. Mahomed Essap ([1905) TS 59) expressed itself as follows : " With... | |
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Christendom, and be in its essence " the voluntary union for life of one man and one woman to the exclusion of all others... 
