Note 773 — Chapter V · EARLY HISTORY OF DIVORCE
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Kohler, "Das Recht der Azteken," ZVR., XI, 60; Klemm, Kulturgeschichte, V, 35. Among the Aztec Otomis the parties could separate after the first night; but, possibly, this is a case of proof-marriage; and in Michoacan the same rule prevailed, if they swore that they had not "seen one another": Kohler, loc. cit., 61. The divorce laws of the Chins or Khyengs, in farther India, are particularly interesting; and in some respects they are similar in principle to those of the Chinese and Aztecs: Kohler, "Das Recht der Chins," ZVR., VI, 186 ff., 191 ff.