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tamborine | 09:30 Sun 19th May 2013 | Law
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Is it law that a man cant marry his brother's widow ?
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Avatar Image hc4361
No. It used to be the case but it was repealed in 1949.
09:47 Sun 19th May 2013
Avatar Image coccinelle
As HC says, no. I know of a man who did that.
10:17 Sun 19th May 2013
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Henry the 8th did it.
10:23 Sun 19th May 2013
Avatar Image FredPuli43
Isn't that compulsory , or regarded as a duty , under the Jewish Law of the Old Testament ?
12:00 Sun 19th May 2013
Avatar Image FredPuli43
Deuteronomy 25: 5. But it applies only when the widow and her husband were childless. Then his brother must take her as his wife and take on the duties of the brother.
12:06 Sun 19th May 2013
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I think hc is correct the Marriage act 1949 allowed this and of course as VHG says it was done by Henry V111, but I think he claimed his Brother’s marriage had not been consummated.
In 1994 the Act was extended to permit marriage to take place in other locations.
10:45 Mon 20th May 2013
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No, my friend fellin love with, then married her husbands brother after her husband died.
10:47 Mon 20th May 2013

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