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The Common Room / Re: Underage marriage
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Also, you might want to research Hardwicke's Marriage Act 1753?
More properly known as The Clandestine Marriages Act.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clandestine_Marriages_Act_1753
The relevant sentence:
"Those under the age of 21 had to have parental consent if they married by licence; marriages by banns, by contrast, were valid as long as the parent of the minor did not actually forbid the banns."
More properly known as The Clandestine Marriages Act.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clandestine_Marriages_Act_1753
The relevant sentence:
"Those under the age of 21 had to have parental consent if they married by licence; marriages by banns, by contrast, were valid as long as the parent of the minor did not actually forbid the banns."