Marriage with a deceased wife's sister

The permissibility of marriage with a deceased wife's sister was a debate that raged in the United Kingdom during the Victorian era. This prohibition had derived from a doctrine of canon law whereby those who were connected by marriage were regarded as being related to each other in a way which made marriage between them improper.

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