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Article 44

Des Actes de Mariage

Marriage Law
Titre III: Des Actes de l'État civil (On Civil Status Records)
Chapitre III: Des Actes de Mariage (On Marriage Records)

Les futurs époux, après le délai fixé depuis les publications, se rendent par-devant le lieutenant de juge, le jour indiqué par eux, avec quatre témoins du sexe masculin, majeurs, parens ou non parens.

Life lesson: A marriage is witnessed not by chance but by choice. Four men stand to say: we saw this union, and it is real.
Notes: Four male witnesses required — no female witnesses permitted. Witnesses need not be relatives. The couple sets their own wedding date after the publication waiting period. Gender restriction reflects 19th-century patriarchal legal norms.
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