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New York Domestic Relations Law Section 15-a - Marriages Of Minors Under Fourteen Years Of Age.

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    § 15-a. Marriages of minors under fourteen years of age. Any marriage
  in which either party is under the  age  of  fourteen  years  is  hereby
  prohibited.  Any town or city clerk who shall knowingly issue a marriage
  license to any persons, one or both of whom shall  be  at  the  time  of
  their  contemplated  marriage  actually under the age of fourteen years,
  shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and  on  conviction  thereof  shall  be
  fined in the sum of one hundred dollars.

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