Ancient Indian Colonies in the Far East (Vol. I: Champa; Vol. II: Suvarnadvipa) v2.c20.s1.63
Ancient Indian Colonies in the Far East (Vol. I: Champā; Vol. II: Suvarṇadvīpa) v2.c20.s1.63
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But a girl was legally entitled to refuse to marry anyone suffering from physical deformities or disabilities, bad diseases in hidden parts of the body, insanity, impotence, or epilepsy. In these cases she had simply to refund the marriage-price, The law lays down no restriction regarding the prohibited degrees of marriage except that one should be punished if one marries his step-daughter (149)¹. As regards legal formalities, a sort of registration by the village headman seems to be regarded as essential (191).