!!!Ehepatent

Marriage Patent (Ehepatent), 1783 enacted by Emperor Joseph II 
for the German patrimonial lands. Under this act marriage became a 
civil contract, but the church wedding remained obligatory; separation 
from bed and board was given a legal basis.

!Literature
W. May, Quellen zu den Reformen Josephs II., doctoral 
thesis, Vienna 1981.


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