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WI Code › Chapter 765 › Section 765.01

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Marriage, so far as its validity at law is concerned, is a civil contract, to which the consent of the parties capable in law of contracting is essential, and which creates the legal status of husband and wife.

History: 1979 c. 32 s. 48 ; Stats. 1979 s. 765.01.

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