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The Indian Christian Marriage Act of 1872 is an act of the Parliament of India regulating the legal marriage of Indian Christians. It was enacted on 18 July 1872 and applies throughout India, excluding the territories ( Travancore-Cochin, Manipur and Jammu and Kashmir. [ 1]) which, immediately before the 1st November, 1956, were comprised into ...
Christian personal law or family law regulates adoption, divorce, guardianship, marriage and succession in India. The provisions of canon law concerning marriage are recognised as the personal law of Roman Catholics in India (except in the state of Goa). Marriages of Indian Christians are regulated by the Indian Christian Marriage Act, 1872.
Like the adjacent Arabic culture (in the pre-Islamic period), [13] the act of marriage appears mainly to have consisted of the groom fetching the bride, although among the Israelites the procession was a festive occasion, accompanied by music, dancing, and lights. [5] [9] To celebrate the marriage, week-long feasts were sometimes held. [5] [9]
t. e. Marriage in the Catholic Church, also known as holy matrimony, is the "covenant by which a man and woman establish between themselves a partnership of the whole of life and which is ordered by its nature to the good of the spouses and the procreation and education of offspring", and which "has been raised by Christ the Lord to the dignity ...
The Respect for Marriage Act ( RFMA; H.R. 8404) is a landmark [ 1][ 2][ 3] United States federal law passed by the 117th United States Congress in 2022 and signed into law by President Joe Biden. It repeals the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), requires the U.S. federal government and all U.S. states and territories (though not tribes) to ...
One of the more notable published works regarding the modern concept of Christian plural marriage dates from the 18th century. The book Thelyphthora [63] was written by Martin Madan, a significant writer of hymns and a contemporary of John Wesley and Charles Wesley. Although Madan was an adherent only of polygyny in a Christian context, this ...
Clerical marriage. Married Eastern Orthodox priest from Jerusalem with his family (three generations), c. 1893. Clerical marriage is the practice of allowing Christian clergy (those who have already been ordained) to marry. This practice is distinct from allowing married persons to become clergy.
In 1872, the British crown enacted the Indian Christian Marriage Act which covered marriage, divorce and alimony laws for Indian Christians of all denominations except the Roman Catholics. [70] The development of legal pluralism, that is separate law based on individual's religion, was controversial in India from the very start. [2]