Of the Consent to which an Oath or Carnal Intercourse is Appended (Two Articles)
Summa Theologica — Saint Thomas Aquinas
We must now consider the consent to which an oath or carnal intercourse is appended. Under this head there are two points of inquiry:

(1) Whether an oath added to the consent that is expressed in words of the future tense makes a marriage?

(2) Whether carnal intercourse supervening to such a consent makes a marriage?

whether consent given secretly in
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