A v B
A v B (Cause 2/1932.) [1932] EACA 36 (1 January 1932)
The court held that the marriage, though celebrated by a person not duly authorized, was valid under the Marriage Ordinance because there was no evidence that the parties knowingly and wilfully acquiesced in the irregularity. On the issue of impotence, the court found that the petitioner failed to discharge the burden of proof required to establish permanent impotence or invincible repugnance, especially given the short period of cohabitation (fourteen days). The evidence did not support a finding of physical incapacity or uncontrollable nervous condition sufficient to render the respondent p…
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- Nullity Of Marriage
- Consummation
- Permanent Impotence
- Burden Of Proof
- Validity Of Marriage
- Marriage Celebrant Authority