458:1 Without Decree.

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NH Code › Title XLIII › Chapter 458 › Section 1

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All marriages prohibited by law on account of the consanguinity or affinity of the parties, or where either has a former wife or husband living, knowing such wife or husband to be alive and knowing that their marriage had not been legally dissolved, if solemnized in this state, shall be absolutely void without any legal process.

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458:1 Without Decree. · N.H. Rev. Stat. § 458:1 | Frix