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In the next place we have to consider the consent; and the first point
to discuss is the consent considered in itself; the second is the
consent confirmed by oath or by carnal intercourse; the third is
compulsory consent and conditional consent; and the fourth is the
object of the consent.
Under the first head there are five points of inquiry:
(1) Whether the consent is the efficient cause of matrimony?
(2) Whether the consent needs to be expressed in words?
(3) Whether consent given in words expressive of the future makes a
marriage?
(4) Whether consent given in words expressive of the present,
without inward consent, makes a true marriage outwardly?
(5) Whether consent given secretly in words expressive of the
present makes a marriage?
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