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7ou have an error in this article. The mention of the Marriage Act (Scotland) of 1567 in relation to incest is incorrect. The Incest Act of 1567 (#14 in Table of Contents) covered forbidden sexual intercourse as described in Leviticus chap 18. This bible chapter does not mention marrying your sister-in-law after your wife is dead; only while your wife is alive.

  1. 15 is the marriage act

http://truecovenanter.com/official/acts_of_parliament_scotland_james_vi_p01.phtml#aop-nation_1-reign_7-parl_1-sess_1-num_per_db_15-edition_2 68.9.171.214 (talk) 23:19, 15 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Statistics

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Are there any statistics of how many marriages with spouse's sibling/sibling's spouse there are? (Given that there may have been some under-representation during the period when such marriages were illegal.) Jackiespeel (talk) 18:19, 23 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]