BREACH OF PROMISE
Breach of promise of marriage is scarcely known, in the legal sense, outside English-speaking countries. In countries where law recognises a woman’s right to compensation for being cast off, as in France and Holland, the woman has to prove that she has suffered monetary loss, and, consequently, such actions are not numerous. In Germany and Sweden the promise, to be binding, has to be made before a Government official and before two independent witnesses. Once the man has made a promise to marry, there is little chance of his refusing his obligations. If either party wants to withdraw from such a contract, the cancellation must be made with as much formality as a betrothal.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 20 August 1938, Page 7
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117BREACH OF PROMISE Wairarapa Times-Age, 20 August 1938, Page 7
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