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COSTS, how far in discretion of court,
531.

to be taxed by registrar, id.
payment of, between party and party
how enforced, 532.

between proctor and client en-
forced by action at law, id.
of matrimonial suit to be paid by hus-
band, 533.

of wife taxed de die in diem, 534.
wife having separate maintenance lia-
ble to pay own costs, id.

when wife may be condemned in costs,
535.

security for, when not required, 536.
question whether an appeal will lie
for, id.

in prohibition to be given to successful
party, 467.

of appeal to Privy Council in discre-
tion of committee, 549.

in actions for criminal conversation,
393.

COURTS, (TEMPORAL) possess inci-

dental right of determining validity
of marriages, 461.

decide the mere fact of marriage, 464.
determine what powers belong to ec-
clesiastical courts, id.

will prohibit ecclesiastical courts from
exceeding their jurisdiction, 465.
CRIMINAL CONVERSATION, action
for, maintainable by husband only,
387.

cannot be maintained by husband con-
senting to wife's adultery, id.

of circumstances of extenuation and
aggravation in actions for, 388.
what will bar the actions for, 389.
what will go in mitigation of damages,

id.

gist of the action for, 390.

action for, may be maintained not-
withstanding separation, id.
action for, in respect of adultery com-
mitted abroad, 391.

how statute of limitations to be plead-
ed, id.

conduct of husband and wife towards
each other, id.

letters between the parties when ad-
missible, id.

new trial, in what cases granted, 392.
costs in cases of, 393.

proof of marriage necessary in actions
for, 393.

identity of parties must be proved, id.

to be dealt with, 394.

verdict for, how considered in ecclesi-
astical courts, 414.

CRIMINAL SUIT, in the ecclesiastical
Courts, 175-178.

CRUELTY, a cause of divorce a mensa
et thoro, 424.

need not be by subscribing wit-!
nesses, id.

insolvent prisoner in custody for, how

definition of, 425.

danger to life, limb, or health, id.
what tends to bodily mischief and ren-
ders cohabitation unsafe, 426.
many acts not required to constitute,
426.

not necessary that wife's conduct
should be quite blameless, id.
principles upon which the court pro-
ceeds in cases of, 427.

facts usually relied on in cases of, id.
blows constitute, 428.

minor circumstances admitted as proof
of, after violence, 429.

words of menace with reasonable ap-
prehension of violence, id.

other acts when amounting to, 430.
without personal violence when accom-
panied with adultery, 431.
irritability of temper with ungoverned
passion, 432.

violent conduct of wife bars suit for,
434.

absence of, not inferred from wife's de-

laying complaint for, 436.

suit for separation by reason of, may
be brought by husband, 435.
effect of reconciliation after, id.
condonation of, 436.

bars a suit for restitution of conjugal
rights, 577.

cannot be pleaded in bar of divorce for
adultery, 400.

Acts not amounting to.

interdict of wife's intercourse with her
family, 429.

words of mere reproach, 430.
what wounds mental feelings not
accompanied with personal violence,
432.

ordinary domestic quarrels, 433.
depriving wife of her separate proper-
ty, 431.

the husband taking to a separate bed,
430.

What may be pleaded in suits for.
adulterous cohabitation of husband,
431.

acts of adultery subsequent to citation,
437.
wife's adultery may be pleaded by
husband in suit for, 437.

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DEAF AND DUMB, may contract mat-
rimony by signs, 190.

DEATH, presumption of death of for-
mer consort in case of bigamy, 226.
DELAY, in a matrimonial cause must be
accounted for, 416.

of wife in cases of cruelty does not
imply want of cause of complaint,
436.

in instituting suits for restitution of
conjugal rights, 579.

connivance inferred from delay in pro-
ceedings for adultery, 453.
DELEGATES (COURT OF), when es-
tablished, 543.

formerly court of appeal from ecclesi-
astical courts, 544.

no appeal from, to the house of lords,
id.

suit before, did not abate by death of
either of parties, id.

might be restrained by prohibition, id.
judicial committee of privy council
substituted for, 545.
See PRIVY COUNCIL.

DESERTION, not ground of divorce by
law of England, 419.

in conjunction with cruelty is cause of
separation, 435.

husband's right of divorce for wife's

adultery not barred by, 444. 516.

DIVORCE, meaning of the term, 363.
either from bed and board or from
bond of matrimony, id.

this distinction unknown to ancient
church, 365.

laws of, in the British colonies, 368.
in United States of America,

369.

inexpediency of allowing unlimited
right of, id.

by act of parliament, first instance of,
373.

marriage after, when allowed, 374.
decrees of the Council of Trent re-
specting, 375.

ecclesiastical canon respecting, 376.
first interference of parliament after
the canon, id.

expense of obtaining parliamentary,

377.

standing orders of the house of lords
respecting, id.

sentence of Ecclesiastical Court
to be obtained, id.

party applying for, to be exami-
ned, id.

provision to be inserted in bill for
preventing marriage of offending
parties, 378.

marriage after parliamentary divorce,
476.

standing order of house of commons

requires damages to have been reco-
vered in action of crim. con., 378.
mode of proceeding in parliament on
divorce bills, 379. 381.

provision to be made by husband for
wife on parliamentary divorce, 4
Dowl. & Ryl. 17.

instances of bills obtained by injured
females, 381.

when proof of a verdict in an action
for crim. con. will be dispensed with,
382.

what acts will bar right to parliamen-
tary, 383.

attempts made in parliament to alter

the law respecting, 384.

suit for, cannot be prosecuted in Seot-
land after divorce in England, 768.
effect of sentences of, 475, 477.
rights of property how affected by, 477,
-479.

See ADULTERY; CRUELTY; SCOTLAND.

by law of England only from bed and DOMICILE of husband that of wife,

board, 364.

form of sentence in case of, id. n-

three causes of it, id.

for unnatural practices, id. n. (ƒ).
proof of valid marriage necessary pre-
liminary in suit for, 365.

great diversity in the laws relative to,
366.

distinction between Catholics and Pro-
testants respecting, id.
SEPTEMBER, 1841.-2 S

488.

argument in favour of applying the
law of, in cases of divorce in Scot-
land, 747.

status of children decided with refer-
ence to law of, 788.

reference to English cases on law of,

799, 800, note(n).

law of the place of, governs the distri-
bution of personal property, 804.

DOMINICA, marriages in, by justices of of marriage law of foreign countries,
declared valid, 61.

the

peace

DOWER, right to, how affected by wife's
adultery, 420.

sentence of divorce, 478.
trial of marriage by bishop's certificate,
in real actions for, 462, note.
DRUNKENNESS, party may be incapa-
ble of marrying on account of, 199.
whether ground to deprive father of
custody of children, 689.

E.

EAST INDIES, marriages in, before 31st
December, 1818, by ministers of
Church of Scotland, made good, 43.
after that, matriages between persons
of Church of Scotland. by minis-
ters of that communion, and appoin-
ted by the company, valid, 44.
declaration in such case to be made by
parties, id.

ministers celebrating such marriages
to make certificate, id.
courts of presidencies in, grant divor-
ces, 368.

ECCLESIASTICAL COURTS, jurisdic-
tion to decide foreign marriages,
130.
have sole cognizance of deciding di-
rectly legality of marriages, 459.
have jurisdiction in spiritual causes,
460.

will be prohibited by temporal courts
from exceeding jurisdiction, 485.
proceed according to rules of civil and
canon law, id.
recommendation to alter jurisdiction of,

495.

jurisdiction of, depends upon locality
of persons cited, 486.

process of, how enforced, 494.
hearing of causes in, 530.
judgment of, id.

orders of, 492. 508. 511, note.
See APPEAL; CONTUMACY; COSTS;
PLEADING; PROHIBITION; SIGNIFI-

CAVIT.

ERROR, when a ground for impeaching

marriages by canon law, 221, 222.
as to family or fortune no ground for
impeaching marriage by English
law, 222.

EVIDENCE of marriages of English

parties in Scotland, 112-117.
of banns having been published in cha-
pel before first marriage act, 325.

148-153.

in actions for criminal conversation,
393, 394.

in cases of bigamy, 229.

of adultery in suit for divorce, 405.
of connivance, 456.

mode of taking, in the Ecclesiastical
Court, 520.

duty of examiner in taking or reject-
ing, 521.

taken upon allegations, 523.
argument in favour of practice of Ec-
clesiastical Court in taking written
evidence, id. note.
EXCOMMUNICATION, to be discon-
tinued in England and Ireland, 494.

except where sentences are pro-
nounced as spiritual censures, 495.
civil incapacity not incurred by, id.
imprisonment not exceeding six months
may be inflicted in case of, id.

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FELONY may be pleaded in a suit for
divorce on account of adultery, 401.
FEME COVERT.-See WIFE.

FORCE, marriage obtained by, may be
annulled, 213.

remarkable case of marriage obtained
by, 214.

act of parliament obtained for setting
aside a marriage obtained by, 215,
216, note.

FOREIGN LAW, upon what principle
adopted in other countries, 119.
adopted in construction of personal
contracts, 120.

remedy afforded by, not adopted, 122.
how to be proved, 148.

in writing, by an authenticated copy,
151.

unwritten, how to be proved, id.
by affidavit of professional person, 152.

FOREIGN MARRIAGES, marriage acts
not applicable to, 119.

to be decided according to lex loci, 123
-125.

for evading laws of parties' own coun-
try, 128.
jurisdiction of ecclesiastical courts for
deciding validity of, 130.

decided with reference to lex loci, 131.
void when contrary to lex loci contrac-
tus, 132-139.

when valid, though not according to
lex loci, 140. 145.
how to be proved, 153.

See FACTORIES; FRANCE; LEx Loci;
SCOTLAND.

FORMS of sentence of divorce, 364,
note.

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period of, 729.

Gardner peerage case, 730-732.
extreme period of, not fixed by law of
England, 730. 733.

See BASTARD; Legitimacy.
GRENADA, marriages in, by whom to
be solemnized, 61.

Roman Catholics may be married by
own clergy, 62.

GRETNA GREEN, certificate of mar-
riage at, not pleadable in proof of
such marriage, 112 note (a.)
marriages of English parties at, valid,
107.

GRIEVANCES, appeal against, 557.
what are, id.

in appeals against, court not bound
before service of inhibition, 561.

new facts cannot be brought for-
ward, 563.

cause of appeal should appear on
inhibition, 564.

hearing to be from acts of court
below, id.

costs of court below cannot be
given in, 563. 565.

GUARDIAN ad litem, appointed in suits
of divorce, 396.

has right to custody of children after
father's death, 682.
subject to jurisdiction of court of chan-
cery respecting wards, 691.
may be authorised to apply funds for
maintenance of infants, 695.
when appointed without reference, 696.
H.

HAMBURGH, marriages of British sub-
jects at, declared valid, 147.
HUSBAND, barred of right to divorce
by connivance at wife's adultery,
450.

not liable to debts of wife who has
eloped from him, 421.

may release wife's legacy after divorce
a mensa et thoro, 478.

liable to wife's contracts entered into
before marriage, 639.

but only during the marriage, id.
how far discharged under Insol-
vent Debtors' Act, 640.

liable to wife's debts contracted during
cohabitation, when, id.

when husband's assent to wife's con-

tracts not presumed, 641.

not liable to money borrowed by wife,

id.

HUSBAND, (continued.)

liable on separation with mutual con-
sent, 642.

not discharged by separate provision
unless it be paid, id. 643.
persons trusting wife separated from
husband should ascertain circum-
stances, 644.

questions as to sufficiency of separate
maintenance, 645.

liable to debts of wife who is compelled

to leave him by ill usage, 646.
not bound for necessaries if wife leave

him without sufficient cause, 647.
entitled to property of wife acquired
whilst she lived apart in adultery,
648.

liable to necessaries of wife if he omit
to pay alimony, 649.

not liable where wife has sufficient
separate maintenance, 650.
what are necessaries of wife, to which
husband is liable, id. 652.
when liable to legal expenses incurred
by wife, 653, 654.

when liable in respect of wife's children

by former husband, 654.
under Poor Law Amendment Act lia-
ble to support wife's children whe-
ther legitimate or illegitimate, 655.
how far liable to necessaries of his own
children, 656.

in respect of debt incurred by wife
having separate maintenance, 665.
authority of, over waste, 667.
may by confinement prevent wife from
eloping, id.

right of, to control wife may be waived
by articles of separation, 669.
cannot reclaim wife after license to
her to live where she pleases, 671.
See CONNIVANCE; WIFE.

I.

IDENTITY, proof of, in action for crim-
inal conversation, 393.

in suits for adultery, 413.
must be proved by other evidence than
that of parties in suits for adultery,
414.

suits for nullity of marriage, 573.

ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN, within
prohibited degrees of marriage, 174.
born before marriage of woman to be
supported by her husband, 655.
custody of, belongs to mother, 683.
access of mother to, ordered by court
of chancery, 684.

IMPEDIMENTS to marriage, either'

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mental incapacity, 183-201.
impotence, 201-213.

force and error, 213–223.
prior legal subsisting marriage,
231.

See AFFINITY; BIGAMY; CONSANGUIN-
ITY; ERROR; FORCE; IMPOTENCE;
LUNATICS.

IMPOTENCE, ground for annulling
marriage, 201.

general nature of, id.

rule as to three years' cohabitation
before suit for divorce by reason of,
203.

must exist at time of marriage, id.
suits on ground of, rare, 204.
proofs in case of, id. n. (x.)
presumption of, when, 205.

medical certificate not sufficient proof
of, 206.

marriage after divorce on account of,
legal, 208.

what bars suit for, id.

by canon law impotent person might
allege his own defects for annulling
marriage, 208.

impotent party held to be barred from

bringing suit of this description, 209.
delay in instituting a suit for, 210.
supervening not a ground of divorce,
211.

case of marriage with a woman of ad-
vanced age, 212.

INCEST, prosecutions for, in the eccle-
siastical court, 175.

forms of proceeding, either criminal or
civil, id.

criminal proceeding may be prosecuted
by any one, id.

relationship, how to be established,
176.

clear proof of, necessary, id.
punishment for, 177.

parties will be enjoined to live sepa-
rate, id.

parties married before 31st August,

1835, may be punished for, 178.
surviving party may be punished for,
id.
marriages cannot be avoided on ground
of, after death of either of parties,
179.

either party may sue for nullity of mar-
riage on ground of, id.

parties having interest may sue for
nullity on ground of, id.
mode of proceeding 182.

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