Marriage law and practice in the long eighteenth century : a reassessment / Rebecca Probert.

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Bibliographic Details
Published:	Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, c2009.
Main Author:	Probert, Rebecca
Series:	Cambridge studies in English legal history
Subjects:	Marriage law > England > History > 18th century. Husband and wife > England > History > 18th century.
Format:	Book

Marriage law and practice in the long eighteenth century : a reassessment /

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction
2. The misunderstood contract per verba de praesenti
3. The myths of 'informal' and 'common-law' marriage
4. The little-considered marriage practices of non-Anglicans
5. The unacknowledged regularity of clandestine marriages
6. The eventual passage and actual terms of the 1753 Act
7. The unappreciated success of the 1753 Act
8. The unexplored judicial interpretation of the 1753 Act
9. The overlooked response of non-Anglicans
10. Conclusion.