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From: "Eileen Crook" <>
Subject: Re: [ENG-SHROP] Canon Law
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2004 18:13:04 -0000
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Dear David

As this rule was no doubt applied by the Ministers then how would one get
around it - as my couple in question
are definitely brother and sister-in-law ? Could the answer be that they
never married although they went on to have many children ?


Eileen



----- Original Message -----
From: "David Steel" <>
To: "Eileen Crook" <>; <>
Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 9:49 AM
Subject: Re: [ENG-SHROP] Canon Law


>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Eileen Crook" <>
> > What would be the situation in Canon Law or Civil Law regarding a
> brother-in-law marrying his sister-in-law - would this be classed as
beyond
> the bounds or would it be acceptable ?
>
> From the Book of Common Prayer in 1922-
>
> A Table of Kindred and Affinity
>
> A Man may not marry his-
>
> 17... Wife's Sister
> 18....Brother's Wife
>
> =========
> David Steel
> Adelaide, South Australia
> keeper of the Gloucestershire Surnames List at
> <www2.tpg.com.au/users/dsteel/glsnames.htm>
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>
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