 | New York (State). Commissioners of the Code - Civil law - 1862 - 538 pages
...Marriages of Indians. Definition of marriage. Content, bow proved. Persons capable of marriage. § 26. Marriage is a personal relation, arising out of a...which the consent of parties capable of making it is alone necessary. By 2 RS, 138, § 1, marriage is declared to be a civil contract to which consent is... | |
 | Great Britain. Royal Commission on the Laws of Marriage - Marriage - 1868 - 276 pages
...European State. For, though by their Civil Code, Part III., Chapter I., s. 34, " marriage is a per" sonal relation arising out of a civil contract, to which " the consent of the parties capable of making it is " alone necessary •" yet, by s. 45, " a marriage must be " solemnized... | |
 | California, California. Commission to Revise the Laws of California - California - 1871 - 894 pages
...this right of solemnization. Sec«. 34 and 37 of the New York Civil Code areas follows : " SEC. 34. Marriage is a personal relation, arising out of a...which the consent of parties capable of making it is alone necessary. " SEC. 37. The consent to a marriage must be to one commencing instantly, and not... | |
 | California - Civil law - 1872 - 728 pages
...without the State. What 55. Marriage is a personal relation arising: out of constitutes marriage. a civii contract, to which the consent of parties capable...assumption of marital rights, duties, or obligations. NOTE.— Const, of Cal., Art. XI, Sec. 12; Townsend vs. Griffin, 4 Harring. (Del.), p. 440; Maguire... | |
 | Electronic journals - 1883 - 416 pages
...solemnization is not necessary to the validity of a marriage contract. Section 34 of Part III declares that " marriage is a personal relation arising out of a civil...assumption of marital rights, duties, or obligations." And section 35 provides that " consent to, and subsequent consummation of, marriage rnaj' be manifested... | |
 | California - Civil law - 1876 - 622 pages
...Polygamy forbidden. 62. Released from marriage contract, when. 63. Marriages contracted without the State. it is necessary. Consent alone will not constitute...assumption of marital rights, duties, or obligations. Bigamy is defined in Penal Code, § 281, and punished by §§ 283-4. § 56. Any unmarried male of the... | |
 | California - Civil law - 1876 - 612 pages
...contracted without the State. It is necessary. Consent alone will not constitute marriage ; it mnst be followed by a solemnization, or by a mutual assumption of marital rights, duties, or obligations. Bigamy Is defined in Penal Code, § 281, and punished by |§ 283- 4. § 56. Any unmarried male of the... | |
 | Idaho - Session laws - 1877 - 168 pages
...Marriages. Be it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Idaho, as follows : SECTION 1. Marriage is a personal relation arising out of a civil contract to which the consent of the parties capable of making it is necessary. Consent alone will not constitute marriage : it must... | |
 | Jabez Franklin Cowdery - 1878 - 842 pages
...a witness, it has the same effect as writing. MARRIAGE. CALIFORNIA. What Constitutes Marriage. — Marriage is a personal relation arising out of a civil...followed by a solemnization, or by a mutual assumption of martial rights, duties, or obligations. Minors capable of Contracting Marriage. — Any unmarried male... | |
 | California - Criminal law - 1881 - 820 pages
...of the rules of law governing that relation. The definition given in the civil code is as follows: "Marriage is a personal relation arising out of a...assumption of marital rights, duties, or obligations." Sec. 55. It is further enacted that "consent to and subsequent consummation of marriage may be manifested... | |
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Marriage is a personal relation arising out of a civil contract, to which the consent of parties capable of making it is necessary. Consent alone will not constitute marriage; it must be followed by a solemnization, or by a mutual assumption of marital... 
