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A History of Matrimonial Institutions, Vol. 1 of 3

Note 922 — Chapter VI · OLD ENGLISH WIFE-PURCHASE YIELDS TO FREE MARRIAGE

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Sohm, op. cit., 71 ff., 166 n. 31. The Fürsprecher or orator here mentioned, in accordance with the view of Sohm, must not be confused with the forespreca of the old English formulary above quoted; the latter was the guardian himself or a representative—a Processvormund: Sohm, 72.

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