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CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Civil Marriage (2458 words) |
 | Marriages under the age of seven years for both were void, but between seven and the age of consent the parties could contract an imperfect marriage, which was voidable but not necessarily void. |
| The marriage of parties who had attained the age of consent was valid even though they lacked parental consent, until in England the marriage act of 1753 declared such marriages void. |
| In England under the common law, the marriage of partners after the birth of children does not legitmate them, but in most of the American states and in European continental countries it is sought to encourage marriage by providing that illegitimate children may thus be legitimated. |
| Laws of Fiji - ITC Services Online (3455 words) |
| Any person may contract a valid marriage under the provisions of this Act if such person is, in the case of a male, of the age of eighteen years or upwards, or, in the case of a female, of the age of sixteen years or upwards. |
| Every consent to the marriage of a minor given under the provisions of paragraphs (a) or (b) of subsection (1) of section 13 shall be given in the prescribed form and shall be attested by the Registrar-General or a district registrar or other marriage officer. |
| Any marriage officer who solemnizes any marriage without requiring the parties thereto to make the declaration of marriage referred to in section 23 shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars and further to have his registration as a marriage officer cancelled. |
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