Note 1447 — Chapter XVI · A CENTURY AND A QUARTER OF MARRIAGE LEGISLATION IN THE UNITED STATES, 1776-1903 (continued 2)
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"Marriage, so far as its validity in law is concerned, shall continue in this state a civil contract, to which the consent of parties capable in law of contracting, shall be essential."—Rev. Stat. of N. Y. (1827-28), II, 138; cf. ibid. (1889), IV, 2595.