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Deceased Wife's Sister Bill in Imperial Debate
The piece traces a long struggle over prohibiting marriage to a deceased wife's sister from 1835 onward. It notes parliamentary battles, ecclesiastical opposition, and partial legal variances in Australia Canada Barbados Mauritius New Zealand South Africa and other territories, highlighting 1904 1905 1906 votes and ongoing conflicts between Commons Lords and bishops.
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United Kingdom
Lord Lyndhurst
House of Commons
Lords
Commons
High Church
House of Lords
Scotland
Colonel Lockwood
M. P
Boscawen
Grand Committee On Law