Note 282 — Chapter XI · HISTORY OF SEPARATION AND DIVORCE UNDER ENGLISH AND ECCLESIASTICAL LAW (continued 2)

See Pride v. The Earls of Bath and Montague (1695): in 1 Salkeld's Reports, 120, declaring that the reason why the spiritual court cannot give sentence to annul a marriage after the death of the parties is "because sentence is given only pro salute animae, and then it is too late." Cf. Geary, Marriage and Family Relations, 10, 11; Blackstone, Commentaries, I, 444; Jeaffreson, Brides and Bridals, II, 262-64.