Such are some of the wise safeguards provided by both Church and State for the Sacrament of Marriage. Their object is to prevent the marriage state being entered into "lightly, unadvisedly, or wantonly," to secure such publicity as will prevent clandestine marriages,[[14]] and will give parents, and others with legal status, an opportunity to lodge legal objections.
Great is the solemnity of the Sacrament in which is "signified and represented the mystical union that is betwixt Christ and His Church".
[[1]] Husband—from hus, a house, and buan, to dwell.
[[2]] Until fifty-three years ago an Act of Parliament was necessary for a divorce. In 1857 The Matrimonial Causes Act established the Divorce Court. In 1873 the Indicature Act transferred it to a division of the High Court—the Probate, Divorce, and Admiralty Division.
[[3]] "Visitation Charges," p. 252.