Subject: Marriage law

This pamphlet reprints the Marriage Act of 1753, the first British law requiring a formal marriage ceremony. Published by John Baskett in London, the act aimed to end clandestine marriages, particularly those occurring in Fleet Prison. The act detailed regulations for parish marriages, including the publication of banns, ministerial notification, and license requirements. Failure to comply resulted in transportation to the American colonies. Significantly, the act exempted members of the Royal Family, Quakers, Jews, and those in Scotland or abroad.

This book, published by the Bloch Publishing and Printing Company in Cincinnati in 1884, explores the Jewish law of marriage and divorce across different historical periods and its intersection with secular law. Authored by Rabbi Moses Mielziner, a prominent figure in American Reform Judaism, the work comprises 149 pages and includes a final leaf of publisher's advertisements. This is the first edition; a revised second edition was published in 1901.