Note 1395 — Chapter X · RISE OF CIVIL MARRIAGE

Ryder, in Cobbett, loc. cit., 6, 7. Cf. the speech of Lord Barrington, ibid., 27, 28, who thinks the state as much justified in requiring that a marriage to be valid shall depend upon the observance of certain prescribed forms, as it is in demanding that a legally binding oath shall be taken before duly authorized persons. These arguments are criticised by Nugent (ibid., 22, 23) and by Beckford (ibid., 82, 83).