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* n '^ all as good and valid, provided the parties, at the time of^including the contract, were not legally disqualified from per-° r ®ing the same, and have executed it in due form of law. The'usabilities of contracting marriage are of two kinds, viz. 1. Cano-I Ca l» that is, those which are void or voidable in the ecclesiastical* a *>_ such as consanguinity, or relation by blood, and affinity, orRation by marriage; together with some bodily infirmities. 2.j e gal, that is, such as are created or enforced by the municipalaws; f or instance, a prior marriage; lunacy; want of consenthlier of parents or guardians; and minority. Thus, in the lastRationed case, if a boy under fourteen, or a girl under twelveJj e ars of age, marry, they may, on attaining the age of consent,_ e . c lare the marriage void, without any divorce in the ecclesiasti-

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court. There are various other regulations, made by different

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atutes, with a view to secure the happiness of subjects in this,, ° s t important state, but our limits will not permit us to detaile m. Hence we shall only observe, that several acts impose arealty of 100Z. on every clergyman who marries a couple, with-banns, or licence. And, if any woman, under the age of six-th ° ^ ears > Be married without her parents’ or guardian’s consent,e clergyman performing the ceremony is liable to a fine, or fiveJ ars imprisonment; and the woman’s estate is to be enjoyed dm-J>r husband’s life, by the next heir. Farther, no marriage is’u, unless solemnized in a church, or other place,where the bannstj e dually published ; except if a special licence be obtained foroiv P Ur P°se. By the 26th Geo. II. c. 33, every person knowinglyto and acting to the contrary, is guilty of felony, and liable

be transported for fourteen years; provided the prosecution behimenced within three years after such illegal solemnization ofa |. ari 'iage. To make a false entry into a marriage-register; tot j. er it when made; to forge or counterfeit such entry, or a mar-^e-licence, or aid and abet such forgery ; to utter the same asd u» knowing it to'be counterfeit; or to destroy, or procure thes^v'Uction, of any register in order to vacate any marriage, or^ “Ject any person to the penalties of this act; all these offences,of ^“'gly and wilfully committed, subject the party to the guiltto rk 011 ^ without benefit of clergy. But this act doth not extend^ "C marriages of the royal family; nor to Scotland ; nor to anyamong the Quakers , or among persons professingres Je wish religion, where both the parties are Quakers or Jews jpcctively ; nor to any marriages beyond the seas.c ie f ARRlAGE » Service, or Duty of, is a term used in some an-ftiah customs, signifying an obligation on women to marry. Oldcha s an< t widows about sixty who held fees in body, or werewith any personal or military services, were ancientlyha.!^h to marry, to render those services to the lord by their hus-p er u s > or to indemnify the lord for what they could not do in»? n ' This was called duty, or service of marriage.

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A RRIAGE>S ettlement, is a legal act, previous to marriage,hush- y a jointure is secured to the wife after the death of the■ a,, u. These settlements seem to have been in use among thea C( , ent Germans and Gauls. Of the former Tacitus gives us thisFt-.? 1 ' 11 *' '■ Dotem non uxor marito, sed uxori maritus affert: in-c. ij, 11 " parentes et propinqui, et munera probaut (De Mor. Germ.the? 1 '. And Ctesar, De Bell. Gall. lib. vi. c. 18, has given uscii|„, ei ' ns of a marriage-settlement among the Gauls , as nicely cal-bn s fas any modern jointure: Viri, quantas pecunias ab uxori-°*-i s nomine acceperunt, tanias ev snis bonis, aistimatione

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tanias ex suis bonis, aistnnatione^ Ilujus omnis pecunis con-

ra B° babetur, fructusque servatur. Uter eorum vita su-Pbrun eum P ars utriusque cum fructibus superiorum tem-(j au v\P erve nit. The dauphin’s commentator supposes that thisJlist;J 1 ClI st°m was the ground of the new regulations made byaii l0 ' an > Nov. 97, with regard to the provision for widowsPose . le Romans; but surely there is as much reason to sup-o| e . , s,l ys Judge Blackstone, that it gave the hint tor our statuta-E ritC Rurcs - Col ’i. vol. ii. p. 135." See an excellent marriage-°f his en,: ^3’ Blackstone in the appendix to the second volumeM Vnu mK11tar " lps ‘ Bee Lav, Divorce, Polygamy, &c.tli e ^ ROW, i n animal-ceconomy, an oily matter secreted bySee A Eer,es of the internal membrane, ' ' ’ “ ' .

which covers the bones.

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upper lip bifid, linear, straight. There are eleven species. Theseplants are chiefly preserved in botanic gardens for the sake of va-riety. M. vulgare is recommended in asthmatical and phthisical,complaints, and most other diseases of the breast and lungs.

MARS , in astronomy, one of the six planets, and of the foursuperior ones; its place being between the earth and Jupiter . SeeAstronomy.

Mars , in mythology, the god of war. He was, according tosome, the son of Jupiter and Juno; while others say that he wasthe son of Juno alone, who, being displeased at Jupiter ’s havingproduced Minerva from his brain, without female aid, in revengeconceived without the assistance of the other sex, by touching aflower shewn to her by Flora in the plains of Olenus, and becamethe mother of this formidable deity. Mars is usually representedin a chariot, drawn by furious horses. He is completely armed,and extends his spear with the one hand, and grasps a sword, im-brued in blood, with the other. He has a fierce and savage as-pect. Discord is represented preceding his car; and Clamour,Fear , and Terror, appear in his train. The victims sacrificed tohim were the wolf, the horse, the wood-pecker, the vulture, audthe cock.

Mars , among alchemists, denotes iron ; that metal being sup-posed to be under the influence of the planet Mars .

MARSAIS, Cesar Chesneau du, was born at Marseilles in1676. He became a member of the congregation of the oratory,but soon left it; went to Paris , married, became advocate, and, inthis new profession, met with great success. Disappointed, how-ever,in his expectations of making a speedy fortune,he abandoned thelaw also. About this time the peevish humour of his wife, (perhapsof both,) occasioned a separation. He next became tutor in severalgenteel families; particularly in those of President de Maissons,the famous John Law , and the Marquis of Beaufremont. Afterthis he kept a boarding academy, but fell into such adverse cir-cumstances, that lie was at last reduced to extreme indigence. Inthis situation he was found by the editors of the Encyclopedic ,and made a partner in conducting that great work; for which bewrote the article Grammar , and several others. The Count ofLauraguais was so much affected with the distresses, and so muchconvinced of the merit of Du Marsais , that he procured him apension of 1000 livres. Du Marsais died at Paris , June 11, 1736,in his eightieth year, after he had received the sacrament. As hehad professed to be a deist during his lifetime, the sincerity of hisconversion on his death-bed has been doubted: but as Mr. Bayieobserves, “ The faith of a great genius is not totally extinguished:it is like a spark under the ashes. Reflection and the prospect ofdanger call forth its exertions. There are certain situations inwhich philosophers are as full of anxiety and remorse as othermen.” Fonteneile expressed his character in few words, when hesaid, “ that he was the most lively simpleton, and as a man of witthe most simple he ever knew.” Fie was a great enemy to everykind of affectation. His principal works are, 1. Exposition de faDoctrine de l’Eglise Gallicaue par rapportaux pretensions de laCour de Rome, 12mo. This did not appear till after his death.2. Exposition d’une Methode raisomfee pour apprendre la LangueLatine , I2mo. 1722, rare. 3. Traife des Tropes, 1730, 8vo. ; re-printed in 1771, 12mo. 4. Les veritables Prineipes de la Gram-maire ntisontfee pour apprendre la langue Latine, 1790, 4to.There was only the preface of this work published, in which he.introduced the greatest part of his Methode raisonnee. 5.Lubiege.de la Fable du Pere Jouvenci, arranged after the man-ner of the original plan, 1731, 12mo. 6- Logique, ou Reflectionssur les Operations de 1’Esprit. It was reprinted at Paris , in twoparts, together with the articles which he had written for the En-cyclopedic , 1762. He also wrote some tracts of less merit, in fa-vour of scepticism.

MAR SAL, a town of France, in the department of the Meurthe ,and late province of Lorrain. Lon. 6. 43. E. Lat. 48.46. N.

MARSALA, an ancient jjnd strong town of Sicilv, in the valleyof Mazara. Lon. 12. 37. E. Lat. 37. 52. N. * J

MARS AN, or MONT MAR SAN, a town ©f France , in thedepartment of Landes, aud late province of Gascony. Lon. 0 ”3W. Lat, 43.54, N.

. MAlLSAQUfVER, or MARSALQUIVER, a strong and an-cient town of Africa , on the coast of Barbary, in.the province of5 1 ’ Btau-Acax,