_a_) Solemnization 409-427 _b_) Forbidden Degrees: Void and Voidable Marriages 427-441 _c_) Certificate and Record 441-452 III. The Middle and the Western States 452-497 _a_) Solemnization 452-470 _b_) Forbidden Degrees: Void and Voidable Marriages 470-481 _c_) Certificate and Record 481-497 VOLUME THREE PART III--_Continued_ CHAPTER XVII. A CENTURY AND A QUARTER OF DIVORCE LEGISLATION IN THE UNITED STATES 3-160 I. The New England States 3-30 _a_) Jurisdiction: Causes and Kinds of Divorce 4-18 _b_) Remarriage, Residence, Notice, and Miscellaneous Provisions 18-28 _c_) Alimony, Property, and Custody of Children 28-30 II. The Southern and Southwestern States 31-95 _a_) Legislative Divorce 31-50 _b_) Judicial Divorce: Jurisdiction, Kinds, and Causes 50-79 _c_) Remarriage, Residence, Notice, and Miscellaneous Provisions 79-90 _d_) Alimony, Property, and Custody of Children 90-95 III. The Middle and the Western States 96-160 _a_) Legislative Divorce 96-101 _b_) Judicial Divorce: Jurisdiction, Kinds, and Causes 101-144 _c_) Remarriage, Residence, Notice, and Miscellaneous Provisions 145-160 CHAPTER XVIII. PROBLEMS OF MARRIAGE AND THE FAMILY 161-259 I. The Function of Legislation 167-223 _a_) The Statutes and the Common-Law Marriage 170-185 _b_) Resulting Character of Matrimonial Legislation 185-203 _c_) Resulting Character of Divorce Legislation 203-223 II. The Function of Education 223-259 BIBLIOGRAPHICAL INDEX 263-402 I. Early History of Matrimonial Institutions 264-291 II. Matrimonial Institutions in England and under Germanic and Canon Law 291-339 III. Matrimonial Institutions in the United States 339-355 _a_) Manuscripts 339-340 _b_) Books and Articles 340-355 IV. Problems of Marriage and the Family 355-396 V. Session Laws and Collected Statutes Used in Chapters XVI-XVIII 396-402 CASE INDEX 405-411 SUBJECT INDEX 413-449 PART III MATRIMONIAL INSTITUTIONS IN THE UNITED STATES CONTINUED CHAPTER XVII A CENTURY AND A QUARTER OF DIVORCE LEGISLATION IN THE UNITED STATES, 1776-1903