Sentence examples for irregular marriage from inspiring English sources

Marriage lost its sacramental status at the Reformation and irregular marriage continued to be accepted as valid throughout the period.

Marriage lost its sacramental status at the Reformation, and irregular marriage, a simple public promise or mutual agreement, followed by consummation, or cohabitation, continued to be accepted as valid throughout the period.

On 13 March 1366, Walter was commissioned by the papacy to authorise dispensation for the irregular marriage between John Stewart, Earl of Carrick (much later King Robert III) and Annabella Drummond.

Records of his episcopate are thin, but there are enough to allow a modest reconstruction of his activities: he presided over legal disputes, issued a dispensation for an important irregular marriage, attended parliaments, and acted as an envoy of the Scottish crown in England.

Even in England, where such innovations were not introduced, Friends, under the influence of the evangelical revival, discontinued disownment for irregular marriages and curtailed the powers of elders and overseers, which had been a profoundly conservative force.

The committee's findings led to the Marriage (Scotland) Act 1939, which outlawed the process of "irregular marriages".

By the time "irregular marriages" were outlawed in Scotland by the Marriage (Scotland) Act 1939, Rennison had conducted 5,147 ceremonies.

This business would expand rapidly after the passage of Lord Hardwicke's Marriage Act in 1754, which completely ended irregular marriages in England, but not in Scotland.

In 1935, due to the increasing popularity of the Gretna Green "irregular marriages", a special committee headed by Lord Morison was appointed to look at marriage in Scotland.

The laws pay a great deal of attention to the rights of the Church, including punishment for irregular marriages and for pagan worship.

The simplicity of these "irregular marriages" meant that they were used by couples who wished to elope, and Gretna Green became a hotspot for elopement because it was the village in Scotland nearest to the English border.