Note 670 — Chapter IV · RISE OF THE MARRIAGE CONTRACT

In such cases the right of betrothal belongs either to the parents, to the families, or to particular relatives, as, for instance, to the mother, eldest brother, or maternal uncle of the bride: Post, Familienrecht, 162-64, 166, 167; idem, Anfänge des Staats- und Rechtslebens, 32, 33. See Westermarck, op. cit., 213-15, notes, for examples. In West-Australia the consent of the whole tribe is necessary to a girl's marriage: Westermarck, 215; Kohler, in ZVR., III, 357 ff.; VI, 398.