Note 1413 — Chapter X · RISE OF CIVIL MARRIAGE
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The clause of the act providing for license is vigorously attacked by Fry, Considerations on the Act, 7 ff., who declares that "it gives liberty (for a little money) to revive Clandestine Marriages." On the spiritual law as to license compare Poynter, Doctrine and Practice of the Ecc. Courts, 21 ff.