A History of Matrimonial Institutions, Vol. 3 of 3Howard, George Elliott
History
A History of Matrimonial Institutions, Vol. 3 of 3
Howard, George Elliott
Families; Marriage -- History
of nullity.[294] In case of divorce for infidelity the offender may
not marry his or her accomplice; and this last provision has been in
force since 1827.[295] Under the same conditions as in Louisiana,
the woman in Porto Rico may not marry during a period of three
hundred and one days after dissolution of the marriage, or until
a child is born if she be pregnant at the time of the husband's
death.[296] By the criminal code of Florida, apparently, the guilty
party may not rewed.[297]
[284] Act of Oct. 26, 1799: SCOTT, _Laws of Tenn._ (1821), I, 647.
[285] _Code of Tenn._ (1884), 617; SHANNON, _Code_ (1896), 1050.
[286] LITTELL, _Stat. Laws of Ky._ (1814), IV, 20. This
restriction upon the defendant appears also in the act of 1812:
_ibid._, IV, 407-10.
[287] _Acts_ (1819-20), 896.
[288] Act of March 2, 1843: _Acts_ (1842-43), 29, 30.
[289] _Kentucky Stat._ (1899), 827.
[290] _Rev. Stat. of Ariz._ (1887), 374; _Comp. Laws of N. M._
(1897), 407 ff.; _Digest of Ark._ (1894), 680 ff.; _Ann. Stat.
of Ind. Ter._ (1899), 324-27; _Laws of the Rep. of Tex._ (act of
Jan. 6, 1841), V, 20; also _Rev. Civil Stat. of Tex._ (1888), I,
887; _Ann. Civil Stat._ (1897), I, 1095-1100; _Code of W. Va._
(1899), 660 ff.; also KELLY, _Rev. Stat. of W. Va._ (1878), I,
495. The five-year limit for Missouri is fixed by the act of Jan.
24, 1835: _Rev. Stat._ (1835), 226; and is retained in _Rev.
Stat._ (1845), 428; and _ibid._ (1879), I, 362; but it is struck
out by _Laws_ (1885), 159; and there is no restriction in _Rev.
Stat._ (1899), I, 741-44. But by the act of Jan. 31, 1833, it was
provided that "when one of the parties ... shall be divorced, it
shall ... be lawful for the other party to marry again, after
two years shall have expired."--_Laws of a Pub. and Gen. Nature_
(1842), II, 361.
[291] _Ann. Code of Miss._ (1892), 420; _Rev. Code_ (1857), 334.
[292] _Cf._ _Acts_ (1824), 61, 62; _ibid._ (1869-70), 76, 77;
_ibid._ (1872-73), 122; _Code of Ala._ (1897), 492, 493.
[293] _Stat. of Okla._ (1893), 876, 877; WILSON, _Statutes_
(1903), II, 1122.
[294] _Digest of Civil Laws_ (1808), 28; _Rev. Civil Code_
(1888), 68.
[295] _Rev. Laws_ (1897), 306; _ibid._ (1870), 21; _Acts_ (1827),
132, 134; Acts (1855), 376, 377.
[296] _Rev. Stat. and Codes of Porto Rico_ (1902), 860.
[297] _Rev. Stat. of Fla._ (1892), 820.
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