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A History of Matrimonial Institutions, Vol. 1 of 3

Note 757 — Chapter V · EARLY HISTORY OF DIVORCE

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The procedure by oath is allowed when the husband is persuaded, but cannot prove, that the wife is pregnant by another man; and the action must precede the accouchement. The wife may take a similar oath that the husband's belief is unfounded: Hellwald, op. cit., 409.

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