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Marriage

the age of 16, the marriage is void. Each party must go through the ceremony, consenting as a free agent without fraud or duress, see Scott v. Sebright, (1886) 12 PD 20. They must be unmarried. If … or acquiesce in the person not in holy orders.' As to marriage by a pretended clergyman, Sir William Scott, afterwards Lord Stowell, in Hawke v. Corri, (1820) 2 Hagg Cons 288, says: 'It seems to be a