Lord Hardwicke's Marriage Act
GPTKB entity
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:Act_of_Parliament
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| gptkbp:appliesTo |
England and Wales
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| gptkbp:category |
Marriage law in the United Kingdom
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| gptkbp:citation |
gptkb:26_Geo._2._c._33
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| gptkbp:dateEnacted |
1753
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| gptkbp:didNotApplyTo |
gptkb:Jews
gptkb:King gptkb:Quakers |
| gptkbp:effect |
invalidated clandestine marriages
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| gptkbp:enactedBy |
gptkb:Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
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| gptkbp:historicalSignificance |
first statutory regulation of marriage in England and Wales
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Lord Hardwicke's Marriage Act
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| gptkbp:namedAfter |
gptkb:Philip_Yorke,_1st_Earl_of_Hardwicke
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| gptkbp:officialName |
gptkb:Marriage_Act_1753
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| gptkbp:purpose |
to prevent clandestine marriages
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| gptkbp:receivedRoyalAssent |
25 March 1754
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| gptkbp:repealedBy |
gptkb:Marriage_Act_1836
yes |
| gptkbp:requires |
parental consent for minors
marriages to be performed in a church or chapel publication of banns or a marriage licence |
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Fleet_Marriages
gptkb:Marriage_Act_1753 |
| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
7
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