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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
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PROCLAIM, v. Also procleem (Abd. 1865 G. MacDonald Alec Forbes lxxv.). Sc. form and usage, in regard to banns of marriage: to read or publish; also with the contracting parties as obj.: to read the banns of, announce the impending marriage of, to Cry. Hence proclamation, n., the publication of banns.Sc. 1709 W. Steuart Collections ii. v.:
If parties delay their marriage forty days after proclamation, . . . after banns have been lawfully proclaimed . . . marriage without proclamation is discharged, as having dangerous effects.Sc. 1773 Erskine Institute i. vi. § 10:
Proclamation of bans is the ceremony of publishing, with an audible voice in the church, immediately before divine service, the names and designations or additions of those who intend to intermarry.ne.Sc. 1881 W. Gregor Folk-Lore 89:
Along with the bride's father, or brother, or it might be with a friend, the young man went to the Session Clerk to give in the names for proclamation of banns.Sc. 1945 J. T. Cox Practice Ch. Scot. 588–9:
The Minister or Session Clerk receiving the application shall enter the names, designations, and places of residence of the persons to be proclaimed. Proclamation of Banns shall, in ordinary cases, be made on two separate Sundays.