Note 168 — XVI MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE UNDER ROMAN AND ENGLISH LAW
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Where either party was subject to the paternal power of his or her father (or grandfather), the consent of the father (or grandfather) (or both) was required, though in a few specified cases it might be either dispensed with or compelled. This was a consequence of the Roman family system. It was irrespective of the age of bride or bridegroom.