 | Lutheran Church - 1830 - 304 pages
...been finally sentenced to prison for life. Kvery marriage contracted in violation of t'ue provision of this section, shall, except in the case provided...or wife shall have absented himself or herself for the space of five successive years, without being known to such person to be living during that time,... | |
 | Texas - Session laws - 1838 - 1142 pages
...and be fined at the discretion of the court: provided, that nothing in this section shall extend to any person whose husband or wife shall have absented himself or herself, the one from the other for a period of five j'cars together, the one of them not knowing the other... | |
 | Murray Hoffman - Equity pleading and procedure - 1839 - 330 pages
...to imprisonment for life. (3) If, however, any person whose husband or wife has absented himself for five successive years, without being known to such...be living during that time, shall marry during the life (1) Robertson v.Robertson, 3 Paige, 388. (2) 2 RS, 142, § 22. " (3) 2 RS, 139, § 5. of such... | |
 | Elisha P. Hurlbut - New York (State) - 1840 - 222 pages
...finally sentenced to imprisonment for life. But where a person whose husband or wife has been absent for five successive years, without being known to such person to be living, marries during the life time of the absent husband or wife, the marriage is void only from the time... | |
 | Kansas - Session laws - 1859 - 726 pages
...following cases: First, Where the husband or wife, by such former marriage, shall have been absent for five successive years, without being known to such person to be living : Second, Where the husband or wife, by such former marriage, shall have been absent, and continually... | |
 | Nathan Howard (Jr.) - Civil procedure - 1863 - 626 pages
...disturb ; and we shall therefore assume its truth. The statute (3 RS, 227, 5th ed.,) provides that " if any person whose husband or wife shall have absented himself or herself for the space of five successive J7ears, without being known to such person to be living during that time,... | |
 | Benjamin Vaughan Abbott, Austin Abbott - Law reports, digests, etc - 1864 - 790 pages
...following cases excepted : — Where the former husband or wife of such person shall have been absent five successive years, without being known to such person to be living ; or shall have been for that period continually without the United States. Where the former marriage... | |
 | Ransom Hebbard Tyler - Children - 1868 - 984 pages
...and every marriage contracted in violation of this provision shall be absolutley void; except that if any person whose husband or wife shall have absented himself or herself for the space of five successive years, without being known to such person to be living during that time,... | |
 | 1873 - 638 pages
...contract when under legal age ; and in the case of imprisonment for lif e of the former husband or wife.1 If any person whose husband or wife shall have absented himself or herself for five successive years, without being known to be living, shall marry during the life of the absent... | |
 | Law - 1921 - 510 pages
...Such former husband or wife has absented himself or herself for five successive years then last past without being known to such person to be living during that time." It is further provided by section 4 of the same, act, as follows: "Voidable Marriages. — A marriage... | |
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If any person whose husband or wife shall have absented himself or herself for the space of five successive years, without being known to such person to be living during that time, shall marry during the life-time of such absent husband or wife, the marriage... 
