Well I Never!

@WorDazza (15830)
Manchester, England
January 25, 2021 3:48pm CST
Today I learnt something new and I'm not sure I really wanted to. It sneaked up on me while I was watching a quiz show. Just thrust its way into my sitting room without so much as a by your leave. Maybe the fact itself isn't particularly bad. Maybe it's more about the way my mind just picks things up and runs with them! Apparently, in France, under certain circumstances it is perfectly legal to marry a dead person provided you can prove the deceased had intended to marry you. I can only hope that French marital law isn't the same as British marital law in that a marriage isn't considered legal until it's been consummated!
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Fleur
@Fleura (30388)
• United Kingdom
25 Jan 21
I can imagine some people would go to great lengths to claim an inheritance.
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WorDazza
@WorDazza (15830)
• Manchester, England
25 Jan 21
Even I wouldn't go that far!! Unless it was a seven figure sum!!! The really strange thing about it is one of the stipulations is that you can't inherit from the deceased.
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WorDazza
@WorDazza (15830)
• Manchester, England
25 Jan 21
@Fleura Yeah, if you marry them after they die you can't inherit. Apparently it gets used to legitimise off-spring. Although if you can't inherit then I'm not sure what practical difference that actually makes.
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WorDazza
@WorDazza (15830)
• Manchester, England
25 Jan 21
@Fleura Possibly. But if someone didn't want their illegitimate offspring to inherit then it could be difficult to prove that they intended to marry the illegitmate offspring's mother thus meaning the marriage wouldn't be allowed.
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Jabo
@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
25 Jan 21
I saw that on the Chase too - incredible.
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Jabo
@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
25 Jan 21
@WorDazza I didn't get it right but i forget what the other options were now.
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WorDazza
@WorDazza (15830)
• Manchester, England
25 Jan 21
@jaboUK Italy was one of them. Not sure if Switzerland was the other.
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WorDazza
@WorDazza (15830)
• Manchester, England
25 Jan 21
The thing is, I didn't have a clue but I got it right. I just knew it would have to be France
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much2say
@much2say (55601)
• Los Angeles, California
26 Jan 21
Wow, would anyone actually do that? I can't even imagine that honeymoon .
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much2say
@much2say (55601)
• Los Angeles, California
28 Jan 21
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WorDazza
@WorDazza (15830)
• Manchester, England
26 Jan 21
It wouldn't be particular lively that's for sure.
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Marlina
@marlina (154131)
• Canada
25 Jan 21
Hard to believe!
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WorDazza
@WorDazza (15830)
• Manchester, England
25 Jan 21
I was eating at the time. I nearly choked!
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DianneN
@DianneN (247186)
• United States
25 Jan 21
Oh, those French!
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WorDazza
@WorDazza (15830)
• Manchester, England
25 Jan 21
Can't possibly comment. I would hate anything to be misconstrued as xenophobic
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DianneN
@DianneN (247186)
• United States
25 Jan 21
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (339930)
• Rockingham, Australia
26 Jan 21
The mind boggles!
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WorDazza
@WorDazza (15830)
• Manchester, England
26 Jan 21
Indeed. And some of the comments are making mine boggle a bit further
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Eva James
@wolfgirl569 (106226)
• Marion, Ohio
26 Jan 21
I hope that part dont need to be done.
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WorDazza
@WorDazza (15830)
• Manchester, England
26 Jan 21
Might be tricky if the deceased was cremated!
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Jessica
@JESSY3236 (19949)
• United States
26 Jan 21
wow.
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WorDazza
@WorDazza (15830)
• Manchester, England
26 Jan 21
My first reaction too.
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Hanni Harel
@Hannihar (130218)
• Israel
26 Jan 21
@WorDazza That is a very weird fact you learned.
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WorDazza
@WorDazza (15830)
• Manchester, England
26 Jan 21
I thought so too but it seems from the comments some people were aware of it already.
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WorDazza
@WorDazza (15830)
• Manchester, England
26 Jan 21
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Hanni Harel
@Hannihar (130218)
• Israel
26 Jan 21
@WorDazza That could be that they saw it somewhere else is how they knew about it before.
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