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Hyde v Hyde and Woodmansee

Hyde v Hyde and Woodmansee (1866) LR 1 P & D 130

JurisdictionUnited Kingdom

CourtEnglish Court of Probate and Divorce (Matrimonial)

Year1866

StatusPersuasive authority

Key Principle

Marriage as understood in Christendom is the voluntary union for life of one man and one woman to the exclusion of all others, and an actually or potentially polygamous marriage will not be recognised by the matrimonial court even if valid by the lex loci celebrationis.

Area of Law

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Bellinger v Bellinger [2003] UKHL 21; [2003] 2 AC 467; [2003] 2 WLR 1174; [2003] 2 All ER 593

Davis v Johnson [1979] AC 264; [1978] UKHL 1; [1978] 2 WLR 553; [1978] 1 All ER 1132

Corbett v Corbett (otherwise Ashley) [1971] P 83; [1970] 2 All ER 33; [1970] 2 WLR 1306

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