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" I conceive that marriage, as understood in Christendom, may for this purpose be defined as the voluntary union for life of one man and one woman, to the exclusion of all others. "
A Digest of the Law of England with Reference to the Conflict of Laws - Page c
by Albert Venn Dicey - 1896 - 853 pages
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The Official Report of the ... Annual Meeting of the Church Congress, Held ...

1880 - 762 pages
...universal basis. I conceive that marriage, as understood in Christendom, may for this purpose be defined as the voluntary union for life of one man and one woman, to the exclusion of all others." In a recent case Lord Justice Brett said : — t" Marriage is the fulfilment of a contract satisfied...
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The Lower Canada Law Journal, Volumes 1-4

1866 - 732 pages
...Law Rep. 1 P. & D. 127. Mormon Marriage — Polygamy. — Marriage, as understood in Christendom, is the voluntary union for life of one man and one woman, to the exclusion of all others. A marriage contracted in a country where polygamy is lawful, between a man and a woman who proess a...
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Albany Law Journal, Volume 38

1889 - 546 pages
...133) : " I conceive that marriage, as understood in Christendom, may for this purpose be defined as the voluntary union for life of one man and one woman, to the exclusion of all others. There are no doubt countries peopled by a large section of the human race lu which men and women do...
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The Journal of Jurisprudence, Volume 20

1876 - 672 pages
...universal basis. I conceive that marriage, as understood in Christendom, may for this purpose be denned as the voluntary union for life, of one man and one woman, to the exclusion of all others." 1 The subject has engrossed the attention of the judges and juridical writers of America. Story deals...
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Indian Criminal Law and Procedure: Including the Procedure in the High ...

India - 1877 - 1088 pages
...LJNSP and M. 57, says, — " I conceive that marriage, 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 ; " and refused to take any notice of a marriage contracted among the Mormons, and cited as the only...
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Reports of Cases Determined in the Supreme Court of the Territory ..., Volume 26

Utah. Supreme Court, Albert Hagan, John Augustine Marshall, John Maxcy Zane, James A. Williams, Joseph M. Tanner, George L. Nye, John Walcott Thompson, August B. Edler, Alonzo Blair Irvine, Harmel L. Pratt, William S. Dalton, H. Arnold Rich - 1904 - 598 pages
...formed on the same basis as marriage throughout Christendom, and be in its essence Riddle v. Riddle. ' the voluntary union for life of one man and one woman, to the exclusion of all others.' " We are of the opinion that, notwithstanding celes3 tial or plural marriage is one of the essential...
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The Law Times, Volume 65

1878 - 556 pages
...as to what is a polygamous marriage. Marriage, as tinderstood in Christendom, has been defined to be the voluntary union for life of one man and one woman, to the exclusion of all others." And so on — writing in onr opinion jerky, inconsequent, and loose. We are very glad, however, to...
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The Law of Domicil as a Branch of the Law of England: Stated in the Form of ...

Albert Venn Dicey - 1879 - 444 pages
...& 13 Viet, c. 68, or any other Statute applicable to the case. In this Rule and the following Rules the term " marriage " means the voluntary union for...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. Exception...
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A Treatise of Marriage and Divorce: With the Practice and Procedure in ...

William Ernst Browning - 1879 - 418 pages
...Marriage, however, as conferring the status of husband and wife recognized throughout Christendom, is the voluntary union for life of one man and one woman to the exclusion of all others. A marriage contracted in a country where polygamy is lawful between a man and woman who profess a faith...
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Report of the Proceedings

Church congress - 1881 - 692 pages
...universal basis. I conceive that marriage, as understood in Christendom, may for this purpose be defined as the voluntary union for life of one man and one woman, to the exclusion of all others." In a recent case Lord Justice Brett said : — t" Marriage is the fulfilment of a contract satisfied...
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