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Article 63
Des Qualités et Conditions requises pour contracter Mariage
Titre V:
Du Mariage
(On Marriage)
Chapitre I:
Des Qualités et Conditions requises pour contracter Mariage
(On the Qualities and Conditions Required to Contract Marriage)
Le consentement des deux parties constitue la validité du mariage.
Life lesson:
A marriage without consent is no marriage at all. Two voices must speak freely before the law will listen.
Notes:
Consent as the sole constitutive element of valid marriage. A remarkably modern formulation that places mutual agreement above all other considerations — property, family status, or social rank.