Note 512 — Chapter XII · OBLIGATORY CIVIL MARRIAGE IN THE NEW ENGLAND COLONIES
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Mass. Col. Rec., I, 92 (1631); Whitmore, Col. Laws of Mass. (1660-72), 55 ("Body of Liberties," 1641), 128; ibid. (1672-86), 15; New Haven Col. Rec., II, 577; Trumbull, Blue Laws, 200; Conn. Col. Rec., I, 77; Trumbull, op. cit., 60; New Hamp. Prov. Papers, I, 385 (Cutt Code). Beginning with the "Body of Liberties," 1641, the capital law of Massachusetts cites Lev. 20:19; 18:20; Deut. 22:23, 24; and the laws of the other colonies are supported by the same or like passages of the Jewish Code.