Marriage is forbidden between relatives by adoption and between godparents and their godchildren. Marriage is forbidden between guardians and wards, or between trustees and wards, and the father, son or brother of a guardian or trust cannot marry the ward until the accounts of the guardianship or trust have been properly audited and settled. Soldiers cannot marry without the consent of the military authorities. Marriage is expressly forbidden to priests, monks and nuns. Divorced persons are forbidden to remarry each other. A woman whose marriage has been dissolved by death or divorce may not marry again until the expiration of ten months after such dissolution. MARRIAGE PRELIMINARIES.--A marriage must be preceded by the publication of the names, occupations and residences of the parties themselves, and of their parents, on two Sundays before the celebration. Such publication of banns must be made before the door of the parish church and the door of the town hall of the commune where the marriage is to be concluded. The marriage cannot be solemnized until the fourth day after the second publication of banns. If a year passes after such publication without marriage a new publication is necessary. If, upon the publication of banns, the intended marriage is opposed, as it may be, by any person, the registrar of the commune must defer the celebration of marriage until the opposition has been withdrawn or overruled. CELEBRATION.--The marriage must be celebrated by the registrar in the town hall of the commune in which one of the parties had had continuous residence for at least six months. The registrar, in the presence of four witnesses, reads to the parties that chapter of the Civil Code of Roumania which defines the rights and duties of marriage. The parties must then declare to the registrar their intention to marry each other. After this the officiating registrar pronounces the parties to be husband and wife. If a religious celebration is desired it must in all cases be preceded by the civil ceremony. ANNULMENT OF MARRIAGE.--A marriage may be annulled on any of the following grounds: 1. That it was not regularly celebrated before a registrar. 2. That free consent of one or both parties did not exist. 3. Lack of proper age. 4. An existing marriage. 5. Relationship within prohibited degrees. 6. Lack of parental consent. 7. In the case of a soldier, lack of proper consent from the necessary military authorities. Where a marriage has been contracted in good faith the parties thereto and the issue of the marriage are entitled to all civil rights resulting therefrom; but if only one party was in good faith, only that party and the issue of the marriage are entitled to these rights. DIVORCE.--The great majority of the people of the kingdom belong to the Roumanian branch of the Orthodox Greek Church, which in practice does not hold to the doctrine of the indissolubility of marriage.