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1565. Call or Refusal. "Either of the Parties, therefore, after the making of such a contract, may call upon the other to fulfil the engagement; and in case of a refusal, or a neglect so to do on the part of the latter within a reasonable time after the request made, the party so calling upon the other for a fulfilment of the engagement may treat the betrothment as at end, and bring an action for damages for a breach of the engagement. If both parties lie by for an unreasonable period, and neither renew the contract from time to time by their conduct or actions, nor call upon one another to carry it into execution, the engagement will be deemed to be abandoned by mutual consent, and the parties will be free to marry whom they please." 1566. Roman Law. "The Roman Law very properly considered the term of two years amply sufficient for the duration of a betrothment; and if a man who had engaged to marry a girl did not think fit to celebrate the nuptials within two years from the date of the engagement, the girl was released from the contract." 1567. Deed of Separation between a Man and his Wife. This indenture, made the----day of----, in the year of our Lord 1864, between Charles B----, of----, of the first part, Anna R---- B----(the wife of the said Charles B----), of the second part, and G----R----B----of the third part: Whereas the said Charles B---- and Anna R----, his wife, have, for good reasons, determined to live separate and apart from each other, and on that consideration the said Charles B----hath consented to allow unto the said Anna R---- B----a clear weekly payment or sum of----s., for her maintenance and support during her life, in manner hereinafter contained: And whereas the said G----R----B----hath agreed to become a party to these presents, and to enter into the covenant hereinafter contained on his part: