The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1877-04-13
MARRIAGE CUSTOMS AND LAWS.

curJus. Grim nal proceedings might oe
taken aoaiust those who married toe
late rs well as against those who die
not marry at all Among the jew:
marriage is permitted to males at the
age of thirteen and day-to females
ut twelve and a day.
In this country marriage Is, by ia"'
only a civil contract, magistrates rs
well as clergymen having rlShC 70
celebrate. The age OF consent at com /,
mon law is fourteen IN nales anu
twelve in females. When person
under this age marries, such peiSoh
c,n when he or she arrives AT the aye
above specified, avoid the marriage OF
su,b pcrson. or both, may, II the oth
cr is of legal age, confirm 1t. III elih-
er of the parties is under seven Vhe
marriage is void The parties must
each he willing to marry the other. II
either party acts under compulslon' OF
i under duress, the marriage Is VOID
able
In England no male can be married
under the age of fourteen no leiilaieS
under that oftweivc. civil halrlaSco
take place. on due public notice OF IN
tention before a Registrar, but more
generally in place of worship. III III
= church of the Protestant Episcopal
denomination, public announcement
of intention must be given by the clcr-
gvmen, during morning worship, on
three successive Sundays. This Is
called publishing the banns," and
marriage can be celebrated III church
n'flncI<
morning and noon. In marriage by
license. which costs about eleven dol
lars. the banns need not be published.
By a special license, which costs Sl30,
n marriage NAV be solemnizcd III any
church. without notice and ut any
hour, and even in private house.
In Austria, bride and bridegroom
must each have completed the age OF
fourteen. In Bavaria, the legal age OF
marriage varies, for males, from four
teen to eighteen, and for females from
thirteen to fifteen, in different districts.
In Baden, the law allows a man to
marry ut eighteen and woman at iii
teen but the consent OF parents is
necessary until they have respectively
completed the ages of twenty-five and
twentv-onc, Consent being withheld,
the young people cannot appeal, as III
Austria In Saxe-COburg Gotha, no
male can marry before he Is twenty
one wears old. Females may marry,
if they have been confirmed, at the age
of fourteen. In Denmark, the ages
are twenty for the man and sixteen
for the gill The Minister of Justice
NAV dispense with the rule. In
France. no men marry before eighteen
no woman before fourteen. Under
the old monarchy, the ages were four
teen and twelve BY the ancient laws
of France, the age for n male was
thirty. and twenty-five for a female.
In Hcsse Darmstadt the rule was that
the man must be twenty five; but this
was reduced seven years ago to twen-
tv-one. and the number of marriages
has much increased in consequence.
There is no limit as to the girls age,
it being left to the parents or guar
dians to take care that no mere child
is welded In Greece, males cannot
marry before fourteen nor females be-
fore twelve years of age. In the
IOnian Islands, now q part OF Greece,
.he age is sixteen for the male and
fourteen for the female. In Hungary,
the Catholic Cor sacramental) mar
riages are regulated by canon law,
other marriages by civil law. Under
cannon law, the ages are fourteen and
twelve, and minors cannot wed without
the fathers consent. The civil law
also fixes twelve as the earliest age at
which girl may marry. Men cease
to be minors at twCnty-four and women
ut sixteen. A minors marriage, with
ont paternal consent, is null and void.
In Italy, the legal marriage is above
the usual standard, being eighteen for
males and sixteen for females. In
Lapland, the age is seventeen for
males In Norway, no limit of age is
required In Sweden, it is twenty one
for males and fifteen for females. In
the Netherlands, eighteen in the case
of males and twelve for females. In
Portugal, fourteen for males and
twelve for females. In Prussia,
eighteen for males and fourteen for te-
males. and a late law has made mar
riage merely a civil contract, like the
leasing of house. In Roumania. the
ages are eighteen for males and fifteen
for females. In SaXony, the limits of
age are eighteen for males and sixteen
for females; in Spain, fourteen for
males and twelve for females. In
Switzerland the limits vary from
fourteen to twenty for males and
twelve to eighteen for females, accord
ING to the Cantonal and other laws.
IN Turkey, there is no age limitation.
in Wurtemburg, the limit is fixed at
twenty-one for males and fourteen for
f,males. In Russia, The legal mar
riage ages are eighteen and sixteen.
There are exceptions, however, for the
natives OF Caucasus may marry, the
males at fifteen and th2 females at
and IL Snn1n snni.aI SOS