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§ 20-13 License and solemnization required

Every marriage in this Commonwealth shall be under a license and solemnized in the manner herein provided.

History

The record of this law’s original creation isn’t available online. The oldest record of it is its appearance in the Code of Virginia of 1919, as § 5071.

Code 1919, § 5071.

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Thomas Porter v. Rick White (Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 01/12/22)
. . . PUBLISHED . . .

Thomas Porter v. Rick White (Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 01/12/22)
. . . USCA4 Appeal: 20-13 Doc: 60 Filed: 01/12/2022 Pg: 1 of 17 . . .

MacDougall v. Levick (SCV, 11/02/17)
. . . OPINION BY JUSTICE D. ARTHUR KELSEY . . .

Deborah MacDougall v. Richard S. Levick (COA, 02/23/16)
. . . COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA . . .

Richard S. Levick v. Deborah MacDougall (COA, 02/23/16)
. . . McCullough, judge. . . .

Deborah MacDougall v. Richard S. Levick (COA, 10/27/15)
. . . VIRGINIA: . . .

Deborah MacDougall v. Richard S. Levick (COA, 09/15/15)
. . . COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA . . .

Richard S. Levick v. Deborah MacDougall (COA, 09/15/15)
. . . STEPHEN R. McCULLOUGH, Judge. . . .

. . . Virginia W. Bozarth, Administrator for the Estate of Carol . . . (COA, 04/21/26)
. . . COURT OF APPEALS OF VIRGINIA . . .

United States v. Edward Wass (Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 03/25/20)
. . . PUBLISHED . . .

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