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Article 64
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)
L'homme déjà marié ne pourra former un nouveau lien, que le premier ne soit dissout.
Life lesson:
One bond must end before another may begin. The law demands that a man finish what he started before he starts again.
Notes:
Prohibition of bigamy. Only men are explicitly addressed — reflecting the patriarchal framing — but the principle applies to both sexes. Dissolution must be formalized before remarriage.