Note 1326 — Chapter XVI · A CENTURY AND A QUARTER OF MARRIAGE LEGISLATION IN THE UNITED STATES, 1776-1903
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Act of March 15, 1860: Acts of the Assembly (1859-60), 188, 189. In West Virginia until later a man was not permitted to marry his brother's widow: see Acts (1872-73), chap. 161, p. 503, where the restriction is removed.