CHAPTER XII

. OBLIGATORY CIVIL MARRIAGE IN THE NEW

ENGLAND COLONIES 121-226

I. The Magistrate Supersedes the Priest at the Nuptials 125-143

II. Banns, Consent, and Registration 143-151

III. Courtship, Proposals, and Government of Single Persons 152-169

IV. Pre-contracts, Bundling, and Sexual Immorality 169-200

V. Breach of Promise and Marriage Portions 200-209

VI. Self-_Gifta_, Clandestine Contracts, and Forbidden Degrees 209-215

VII. Slave-Marriages 215-226

##