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A History of Matrimonial Institutions, Vol. 1 of 3

Note 1204 — Chapter IX · THE PROTESTANT CONCEPTION OF MARRIAGE

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In a breach of promise suit before the common pleas, 1747, the plaintiff proved that she had been publicly betrothed, and received £7,000 damage: Gentleman's Magazine, 1747, p. 293; also Gent. Mag. Library: Manners and Customs, 54.

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