bans of matrimon

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bans of matrimon - Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :

  BANS OF MATRIMONY. The giving public notice or making proclamation of a 
  matrimonial contract, and the intended celebration of the marriage of the 
  parties in pursuance of such contract, to the end that persons objecting to 
  the same, may have an opportunity to declare such objections before the 
  marriage is solemnized. Poth. Du Mariage, partie 2, c. 2. Vide Ban.