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Robert Kemp Philp
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1562.
Before
Going
to
Law.
Before
legal
proceedings
are
commenced,
a
letter
should
be
written
to
the
gentleman,
by
the
father
or
brother
of
the
lady,
requesting
him
to
fulfil
his
engagement.
A
copy
of
this
letter
should
be
kept,
and
it
had
better
be
delivered
by
some
person
who
can
prove
that
he
did
so,
and
that
the
copy
is
correct:
he
should
make
a
memorandum
of
any
remarks
or
conversation.
1563.
Examples.
We
give
an
abstract
or
two
from
the
law
authorities:
they
will,
we
have
no
doubt,
be
perused
by
our
fair
readers
with
great
attention,
and
some
satisfaction.
"A
man
who
was
paying
particular
attentions
to
a
young
girl,
was
asked
by
the
father
of
the
latter,
after
one
of
his
visits,
what
his
intentions
were,
and
he
replied,
'I
have
pledged
my
honour
to
marry
the
girl
in
a
month
after
Christmas';
and
it
was
held
that
this
declaration
to
the
father,
who
had
a
right
to
make
the
inquiry,
and
to
receive
a
true
and
correct
answer,
taken
in
connection
with
the
visits
to
the
house,
and
the
conduct
of
the
young
people
towards
each
other,
was
sufficient
evidence
of
a
promise
of
marriage."
1564.
Length
of
Engagement.
"The
Common
Law
does
not
altogether
discountenance
long
engagements
to
be
married.
If
parties
are
young,
and
circumstances
exist,
showing
that
the
period
during
which
they
had
agreed
to
remain
single
was
not
unreasonably
long,
the
contract
is
binding
upon
them;
but
if
they
are
advanced
in
years,
and
the
marriage
is
appointed
to
take
place
at
a
remote
and
unreasonably
long
period
of
time,
the
contract
would
be
voidable,
at
the
option
of
either
of
the
parties,
as
being
in
restraint
of
matrimony.
If
no
time
is
fixed
and
agreed
upon
for
the
performance
of
the
contract,
it
is
in
contemplation
of
law
a
contract
to
marry
within
a
reasonable
period
after
request."
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