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A void marriage is invalid from its beginning, and is generally treated under the law as if it never existed and requires no formal action to terminate. In some jurisdictions a void marriage must still be terminated by annulment, [1] or an annulment may be required to remove any legal impediment to a subsequent marriage. [2]
A difference exists between a void marriage and a voidable marriage. A void marriage is a marriage that was not legally valid under the laws of the jurisdiction where the marriage occurred, and is void ab initio. Although the marriage is void as a matter of law, in some jurisdictions an annulment is required to establish that the marriage is ...
A voidable marriage (also called an avoidable marriage) is a marriage that can be canceled at the option of one of the parties through annulment.The marriage is valid but is subject to cancellation if contested in court by one of the parties to the marriage.
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The Nullity of Marriage Act 1971 (c. 44) was an act that defined valid reasons for annulment according to British law. This act was the first time in British law that marriage was explicitly defined by statute as being between a male and a female. A marriage could therefore be annulled if the partners were not respectively male and female.
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The parties to the case were The Hon. Arthur Corbett, (future 3rd Baron Rowallan), a British aristocrat (the husband), and April Ashley, a model and actress (the wife).). Ashley had been registered male at birth in 1935 and had been raised as a boy, but by 1956 was working as what at that time was known as a 'female impersonator' in the South of Franc