o solemnize, spoken of a marriage, means no more than to enter into a marriage contract with due publication , before third persons, for the purpose of giving it notoriety and certainty; which may be before any persons, relatives, friends, or strangers, competent to testify to the facts. See Dyer v. Brannock, 06 Mo. 410, 27 Am. Rep. 359; Pearson v. Hoxvey, 11 N. J. Law, 19; Bowman v. Bowman, 24 111. App. 172.
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