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Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

DECEASED WIFE’S. Marriage with a deceased wife’s sister was formerly within the prohibited degrees and void in England, under the act of 1835. By the act of 1907, the prohibition was removed; but clergymen are relieved from the duty of celebrating such marriages.

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A measure used in Mexican land grants, equivalent to 4338.464 acres. A sitio de ganado mcnor or sheep ranch is equivalent to 1928.133 acres.

Ainsa v. U. S., 161 U. S. 219, 16 Sup. Ct. 544, 40 L. Ed. 673.