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A decree of the Congregation of the Council declaring invalid so far as the laws of the Roman Catholic Church are concerned any marriage of a Roman Catholic or of a person who has ever been a Roman Catholic if not contracted before a duty qualified priest or the bishop of the diocese and at least two witnesses The decree was issued Aug 2 1907 and took effect on Easter Apr 19 1908 The decree by its terms does not affect mixed marriages those between Roman Catholics and persons of another faith in Germany