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Bigamy - Great Britain - Early works to 1800
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The kingston cause impartially stated and fully considered, containing a recapitulation of the facts, and a summary of all the arguments, used for and against Her Grace the Dutchess Dowager of Kingston, with The sentence of the Ecclesiastical Court and a copy of the bill of indictment, found by the Inquest of the Grand Jury for the County of Middlesex. To which are added The Genuine speeches of Lord Mansfield, and several other noble Lords, relative to the Place and Manner of Trial. Illustrated With Sir William Blackstone's Commentary on the Suit of Matrimonii Jactitationii, the Sin and Unlawfullness of Bigamy, and the consequent Punishment of the Offence.
Date: MDCCLXXVI. [1776]- Books
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Two dissertations written by the Late Bishop Burnet, viz. I. A defence of polygamy. Proving that it is not contrary to the law and nature of marriage; and that an express prohibition of it is no where to be found in Scripture. II. The lawsfulness of divorce, on account of sterility in women. Proving that defect a sufficient reason for saparation. With other curious tracts.
Burnet, Gilbert, 1643-1715.Date: 1731