On Sat, Oct 27, 2012 at 12:00 AM, <quaker-roots-request@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > > Today's Topics: > > . . . > 2. Marriage License (DESloan@aol.com) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > . . . > Message: 2 > Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2012 01:05:07 -0400 (EDT) > From: DESloan@aol.com > Subject: [Q-R] Marriage License > To: QUAKER-ROOTS@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <f0af8.4bc9a49.3dbcc583@aol.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > When a Quaker couple get married do they complete a marriage license? Is > this a change to how things were done in the past? > > Thanks, > Dave > . . . I can't speak for Quaker practices but all of the Colonies were part of the British legal system which allowed "common law marriage" yet often pathologically disregarded marriages within disfavoured churches. -- Robert Burns, Attorney & Counselor at Law California Bar Assn. No. 91489 4877 Voltaire Street P.O.B. 7263 Ocean Beach (San Diego), CA U.S.A. 92167 (619) 223-0441 (voice) (847) 557-1220 (e-Fax) E-Mail: <RobertBurns@OBLaw.com> TM URL: http://www.OBLaw.com <http://www.oblaw.com/> TM Over 32 years practicing law. Family Law, Personal Injury Law, Probate Law, and More Major credit cards accepted. The information in this e-mail is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. If you are not the intended recipient please delete. *As Mankind becomes more liberal, they will be more apt to* allow* that all those who conduct themselves as worthy members of the community are equally entitled to the protections of civil government. I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations of justice and liberality*--George Washington. *Without Freedom of Thought, there can be no such Thing as Wisdom; and no such Thing as publick Liberty, without Freedom of Speech.*--Benjamin Franklin *Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. Point out to them how the nominal winner is often a real loser--in fees, expenses, and waste of time ... Never stir up litigation. A worse man can scarcely be found than one who does this.*--Abraham Lincoln.