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A History of Matrimonial Institutions, Vol. 1 of 3

Note 771 — Chapter V · EARLY HISTORY OF DIVORCE

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Kohler, loc. cit., 375, 376. The woman has also the right of divorce when the husband is a leper or becomes such after marriage; when he is impotent; and either party may claim the right when deceived by a false allegation in the marriage contract: Möllendorff, op. cit., 32, 33; Alabaster, op. cit., 182.

See further on Chinese divorce and marriage, Legge, Life and Teachings of Confucius, 106, passim; Huc, Chinese Empire, II, 218-20, 262, 263; Wake, Marriage and Kinship, 229-35.

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