Clouston frequently used this expression to indicate the couple were married without banns having first been proclaimed. How frequently other ministers used it I don't know. Quoting [email protected]: > ORKNEY-D Digest Volume 05 : Issue 112 > > Today's Topics: > #1 "married by dispatch" ["David Armstrong" > <[email protected]] > > Administrivia: > To unsubscribe from ORKNEY-D, send a message to > > [email protected] > > that contains in the body of the message the command > > unsubscribe > > and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software > requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. > > ______________________________ ---------------------------------------------- This mail sent through http://www.ukonline.net