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MARRIAGES.

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ARTICLE LXII

MARRIAGES.

1. Within what degrees of kindred or affinity marriages to be void. 2. Prohibited degrees of kindred and affinity. 3. Marriages celebrated between man and niece or woman and nephew prior to 1860 to be valid. 4. License; publication in church ; Quakers; form of license; cer- tificates. 5. Examination on oath. 6. Marriage license book. 7. Consent of parent or guardian. 8. License to be withheld if legal im- pediment.

9. Certified copy of record prima facie evidence of marriage. 10. Clerk's fee. 11. License required. Marrying with- out license. Failure to return certificate; penalty. 12. Form of marriage certificate. Rec- ord of marriage to be made and to be prima fade evidence of such ceremony. 13. Minister failing to transmit certifi- cate to clerk; penalty. 14. Inquiry into validity of marriage; appeal. 15. Marriages celebrated between col- ored people prior to 1867 con- firmed.

1904, art. 62, sec. 1. 1888, art. 62, sec. 1. 1860, art. 60, sec. 1. 177T, ch. 12, aec. 1.
1. If any person within this State shall marry within any of the
degrees of kindred or affinity expressed in the following table, the mar-
riage shall be void.

The word "void" as used in this section, does not necessarily mean void
ab initio. Construction of the act of 1777, ch. 12. Harrlson v. State, 22 Md.
482; Dimpfel v. Wilson, 107 Md. 337.

See sec. 14 and notes.

Ibid. sec. 2. 1888, art 62, sec. 2. 1777, ch. 12, sec. 1. 1860, art. 60, sec. 2.
2. A man shall not marry:

His grandmother,

His grandfather's wife,

His wife's grandmother,

His father's sister,

His mother's sister,

His mother,

His stepmother,

His wife's mother,

His daughter,

His wife's daughter,

His son's wife,

As to "husband and wife," see art. 45
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