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→Voidable marriages
A voidable marriage is a marriage that is ''potentially'' void ''ab initio'' but is presumed to be valid until an application is successfully made to the court for an ''annulment'', a declaration that the marriage is in fact void. A marriage may be annulled if:
#the spouses were over seven years of age, but a female spouse was under the age of 12 or a male spouse was under the age of 14 (the old common-law ages of puberty), at the date of the marriage;
#one or both of the spouses did not consent to the marriage, or were under duress or some other kind of coercion, when they married;
#a male spouse is impotent or a female spouse is sterile going into the marriage;