Note 202 — XVI MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE UNDER ROMAN AND ENGLISH LAW
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The House of Lords was equally divided upon this point in the case of Reg. v. Millis, in 1843; but historical inquiry tends to confirm the view of Lord Stowell, that the presence of a clergyman was not essential (see Dalrymple v. Dalrymple, 2 Haggard, p. 54).