A History of Matrimonial Institutions, Vol. 2 of 3

by George Elliott Howard

[1280] Lislet, General Digest (1828), II, 8.

[1281] Voorhies and Saunders, Revised Code of La. (1888), 63; Merrick, Rev. Civil Code (1900), 25.

[1282] Session Laws of Okla. (1897), 210; Wilson, Stat. of Okla. (1903), I, 858. Earlier one witness was sufficient: Stat. of Okla. (1893), 669, 670. Cf. Rev. Stat. and Codes of Porto Rico (1902), 810.

[1283] It appears to be assumed in the earlier statutes of Georgia that the celebration before a minister or magistrate is to be according to the Anglican ritual: Cobb, Analysis of the Stat. of Ga. (1846), 292, 293.

[1284] Code (1884), 609; ibid. (1896), 1039.

[1285] Session Laws of Okla. (1897), 210.

[1286] Code (1883), I, 689; Laws (1871-72), chap. 193, sec. 3.

[1287] Digest (1894), 1127; see Rev. Stat. (1838), 537; Ann. Stat. of Ind. Ter. (1899), 509.

[1288] Wright, Report, 57.

[1289] Rev. Stat. of Arizona (1887), 372; ibid. (1901), 810.