Note 1446 — Chapter XVI · A CENTURY AND A QUARTER OF MARRIAGE LEGISLATION IN THE UNITED STATES, 1776-1903 (continued 2)
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"Marriage is a civil contract, requiring the consent of the parties capable of entering into other contracts, except as herein otherwise noted."—Code of Iowa (1897), 1123; cf. ibid. (1851), sec. 1464; ibid. (1873), sec. 2186.