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A History of Matrimonial Institutions, Vol. 2 of 3

Note 1333 — Chapter XVI · A CENTURY AND A QUARTER OF MARRIAGE LEGISLATION IN THE UNITED STATES, 1776-1903

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Formerly in Maryland any person marrying out of the state to evade the law was fined 500 pounds: Kilty, Laws, 1777, chap. 12, sec. 6. Now each of the persons must pay $100: Code (1888), 523.

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