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Banns

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Banns of marriage

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Marriage

Hardwicke's Act (26 Geo. 2, c. 33), passed to prevent clandestine marriages, required, under pain of nullity, that banns should be published according to the rubric, or a license obtained, and in either case that the marriage

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Ban, or Bann

thing is commanded or forbidden. It is most especially used to signify the publication of intended marriages. See Banns of Marriage.

Bidding of the Beade

to prayers upon any festival or saint's day, according to the canons of the church; also asking the banns is called bidding, Rubric.

Faculty

by favour and indulgence to do that which by law he may not do, e.g., to marry without banns, to erect a monument in a church, to construct a church window, Egerton v. All of Odd Rode,

Gretna green marriage

709. When Lord Hardwicke's repealed Marriage Act of 1753 (26 Geo. 2, c. 33), rendered the publication of banns (or a licence) necessary in England, it became usual for persons who wished to marry clandestinely to go

Licence

(1901) 1 Ch 598. A licence is necessary before doing many acts, as to marry without publication of banns, or to carry on various trades, as that of an auctioneer, hawker, or pedlar. As to licences for

Publication

the Court of Probate as a step to entering an appearance for a party. As to publication of banns of marriage, see MARRIAGE. Publication of a will is no longer necessary, the proper attestion of two witnesses

Surrogate

another, as by a bishop, chancellor, judge, etc., especially an officer appointed to dispense licences to marry without banns, 2 Steph. Com. A substitute; esp., a person appointed to act in place of another, Black's Law Dictionary,

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