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Certain Marriages celebrated in Ireland to be the same in Law as if solemnized by Clergymen of the Established Church.
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LXXXIII. ‘And whereas Marriages have in divers Instances been had and celebrated in Ireland by Presbyterian and other Protestant Dissenting Ministers or Teachers, or those who at the Time of such Marriages had been such, between Persons of the same or different religious Persuasions, and it is expedient to confirm such Marriages;’ be it therefore enacted, That all Marriages had and celebrated in Ireland since the passing of an Act passed in the last Session of Parliament, intituled An Act for Confirmation of certain Marriages in Ireland, and before the passing of this Act, by Presbyterian or other Protestant Dissenting Ministers or Teachers, or those who at the Time of such Marriages had been such, shall be and shall be adjudged and taken to have been and to be of the same Force and Effect in Law as if such Marriages had been solemnized by Clergymen of the United Church of England and Ireland, and of no other Force nor Effect whatsoever.
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