Title I — Marriage
Article 24
ELI5— what this means for you
People in articulo mortis (at the point of death) can be married even without a valid marriage license, as long as either party is genuinely in danger of dying. This exception exists to allow deathbed marriages that might otherwise be impossible to formalize.
Official text — EO 209
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