A vindication of the power of states to prohibit clandestine marriages under the pain of absolute nullity; particularly the marriages of minors, made without the consent of their parents or guardians: in answer to the Rev. Dr. Stebbing's Dissertation on the power of states to deny civil protection to the marriages of minors, etc. with occasional remarks on An enquiry into the force and operation of the annulling clauses in a late act for the better preventing of clandestine marriages, with respect to conscience. In a letter to the Doctor. By James Tunstall, D. D. Rector of Great Charte in Kent.
- Tunstall, James, 1708-1762.
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- MDCCLV. [1755]
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London : printed for J. and J. Rivington, in St. Paul's Church-Yard, MDCCLV. [1755]
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[4],68p. ; 80.
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Maslen and Lancaster. Bowyer ledgers, 3933
ESTC T12705
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. (Eighteenth century collections online). Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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- ConcubinageGreat Britain.
- Marriage lawGreat Britain.
- Teenage marriageGreat Britain.
- MarriageParental consentGreat Britain.
- Stebbing, Henry, 1687-1763. Dissertation on the power of states to deny civil protection to the marriages of minors.
- Stebbing, Henry, 1687-1763. Enquiry into the force and operation of the annulling clauses in a late act for the better preventing of clandestine marriages, with respect to conscience.