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Say a man and woman want to get married in New Jersey. They’ll have to wait at least 72 hours. Unless, that is, the man was arrested for “bastardy, rape, fornication or of having had carnal knowledge of an unmarried female, and the accused person consents to marry such female.” In that case, officials can…
A man may not seduce a woman by lying, and claiming he will marry her.
§ 97-29-55. Seduction of female over age of eighteen by promised or pretended marriage. If any person shall obtain carnal knowledge of any woman, or female child, over the age of eighteen years, of previous chaste character, by virtue of any feigned or pretended marriage or any false or feigned promise of marriage, he shall,…
The owner of every hotel is required to provide each guest with a clean and pressed nightshirt.
No couple, even if they are married, may sleep together in the nude. Nor may they have sex unless they are wearing one of these clean, white cotton nightshirts.
It is illegal for a male doctor to examine a woman’s genitals by looking directly, but he may examine them by way of a mirror.
In light of the stringent religious beliefs in this part of the world, we find it fully plausible that this was once a law. The question is, is it still in practice?
A marriage can be declared void if either of the two persons is physically impotent.
Chapter 51. Marriage ARTICLE 1. General Provisions. § 51-3. Want of capacity; void and voidable marriages. All marriages between any two persons nearer of kin thanfirst cousins, or between double first cousins, or between a maleperson under 16 years of age and any female, or between a femaleperson under 16 years of age and any…