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164 - DIVORCE: A set of four documents: - Act setting out the grou…
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DIVORCE: A set of four documents: - Act setting out the grounds, procedure and consequences of divorce, 20 September 1792, 14 pages (the first right to divorce in France) - Instruction of 24 March 1814 clarifying Article 305 of the Napoleonic Code on divorce by mutual consent (end of the Empire). - Report by de Trinquelage to the Chamber of Deputies on Mr de Bonald’s proposal concerning divorce, 19 February 1816, 31 pages. - Bulletin of Laws including the Act of 8 May 1816 on the abolition of divorce (it would not be reinstated until 1884).
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About the sale FREEMASONRY – HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS
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Auction time 07/23/2026 at 10:10 AM
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