Note 514 — Chapter XII · OBLIGATORY CIVIL MARRIAGE IN THE NEW ENGLAND COLONIES
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March, 1637-38. "The law against adultery made by the Particular Court in October, 1631, is confirmed, that whosoever lieth with another man's wife, both shall be punished by death; and this is to be promulgated."—Mass. Col. Rec., I, 225. This law was confirmed in 1640, the act of 1631 being then formally repealed: ibid., I, 301.