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<blockquote><blockquote><tt>(c) as brother and sister by adoption.</tt></blockquote></blockquote> | <blockquote><blockquote><tt>(c) as brother and sister by adoption.</tt></blockquote></blockquote> | ||
In other words, adopted siblings as well as birth siblings are within the prohibited degrees of consanguinity, while, on the other hand, first cousins are free to marry. A marriage that violates this requirement is void ab initio, that is, the marriage is void as if it had never occurred. | In other words, adopted siblings as well as birth siblings are within the prohibited degrees of consanguinity, while, on the other hand, first cousins are free to marry. A marriage that violates this requirement is void ''ab initio'', that is, the marriage is void as if it had never occurred. | ||
===Age=== | ===Age=== | ||
