Note 170 — Chapter XI · HISTORY OF SEPARATION AND DIVORCE UNDER ENGLISH AND ECCLESIASTICAL LAW
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Distinction is made between dispensatio super matrimonio, that is, for dissolving an unconsummate marriage; and dispensatio matrimonialis, that is, to remove an impediment which otherwise would invalidate a proposed contract. In all cases of dispensation careful judicial inquiry as to the grounds of application is made: Geary, Marriage and Family Relations, 510-14. Cf. Woolsey, op. cit., 122, 123; and especially the convenient manual of Pompen, De dispensationibus, 122-68. For a full discussion of the intricate law and custom as to dispensation see Esmein, op. cit., II, 315-68; Freisen, Geschichte des can. Eherechts, 891-906; Scheurl, Das gem. deut. Eherecht, 281 ff. In the oriental church dispensation from the forbidden degrees is in general not allowed, Zhishman: Das Eherecht der orient. Kirche, 709-17.