Orlandi v Castelli

JurisdictionScotland
CourtCourt of Session (Outer House)
Judgment Date05 November 1960
Date05 November 1960
Docket NumberNo. 14.

OUTER HOUSE.

Lord Cameron.

No. 14.
Orlandi
and
Castelli

Husband and WifeRegistry office marriageNullity of marriageWant of true consentWhether a "legal impediment"Marriage (Scotland) Act, 1939 (2 and 3 Geo. VI, cap. 34), sec. 1 (4)

The Marriage (Scotland) Act, 1939, enacts by sec. 1:"(1) Any two persons who desire to be married to each other in Scotland, may contract a marriage in the office of an authorised registrar in accordance with the following provisions:(i) the registrar shall supply a copy of the First Schedule to this Act, and shall, so far as possible, fill up the same according to the information supplied by the parties to the best of their knowledge and belief; (ii) the parties shall thereafter, in the presence of the registrar and of two persons of the age of sixteen years or upwards as witnesses, declare that they know of no legal impediment to their marriage, and that they accept each...

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    • High Court
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  • Vervaeke (formerly Messina) v Smith
    • United Kingdom
    • Court of Appeal (Civil Division)
    • Invalid date
    ... ... v. British and French Trust Corporation Ltd. [ 1939 ] A.C. 1 ; [ 1938 ] 4 All E.R. 747 , H.L.(E.) ... Orlandi v. Castelli, 1961 S.C. 113 ... Porter v. Porter [ 1971 ] P. 282 ; [ 1971 ] 3 W.L.R. 73 ; [ 1971 ] 2 All E.R. 1037 ... ...
  • Kelly v Ireland
    • Ireland
    • High Court
    • 1 January 1996
    ...W.L.R. 849; [1953] 2 All E.R. 1229. R.S.J. v. J.S.J. [1982] I.L.R.M. 263. Martens v. Martens [1952] 3 S.A.L.R. 771. Orlandi v. Castelli [1961] S.C. 113. H.S. v. J.S. (Unreported, Supreme Court, 3rd April, 1992). Silver (orse. Kraft) v. Silver [1955] 1 W.L.R. 728; [1955] 2 All E.R. 614. Szec......
  • S (H) v S (J)
    • Ireland
    • Supreme Court
    • 3 April 1992
    ...latitude was allowed to the parties in discovering the intention expressed (a situation that still prevails: see Orlandi v. Castelli [1961] S.C. 113 and then he went on to say:- "But be the law so, still it lies upon the party, who impeaches the intention expressed by the words, to answer t......