SCOTTISH MARRIAGE LAW
A JUDGE'S INTERPRETATION. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, June 22. (Received June 23, at 9.40 a.m.) Mr Justice Ashmore decided, at Edinburgh, that under the Scottish law a woman was legally married to a man who died before tho marriage. Further, that a child born was legitimate. The woman swore that she was engaged to bo married and the banns were published, but tho bridegroom' died nine days before the date fixed for the wedding. The child was bom eight mouths after the father’s dcatli.—A. and N.Z. Cable..
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Evening Star, Issue 18667, 23 June 1924, Page 6
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90SCOTTISH MARRIAGE LAW Evening Star, Issue 18667, 23 June 1924, Page 6
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