A History of Matrimonial Institutions, Vol. 3 of 3

by George Elliott Howard

[266] H. W. Desaussure, in 2 S. C. Equity Reports, 644 (revised edition).

[267] Opinion of Justice Pope in McCreery v. Davis, 44 S. C. Reports, 195-227 (1894).

[268] Comp. Stat. of D. C. (1894), 275, 276.

[269] Moore, Code of D. C. (1902), 199, 200.

[270] See the cases already cited, Acts (1826-27), 126.

[271] Act of March 18, 1848: Acts of the Assembly (1847-48), 165, 166.

[272] Code of Va. (1887), 562.

[273] Act of April 1: Laws (1872), chap. 272, p. 445.

[274] The Code of Md. (1888) seems to be entirely silent as to remarriage.

[275] Comp. Stat. of D. C. (1894), 275 ff., allowing entire freedom; superseded by the act of 1901: Moore, Code (1902), 199, 200.