Fleet Marriage

Japanese: Fleet Marriage(英語表記)FleetMarriage
Fleet Marriage

…This prison was destroyed in the Great Fire of London (1666) and the Gordon Riots (1780), and rebuilt each time, but was abolished around 1845. Prisoners who could not pay their debts often performed clandestine weddings here, and the term "Fleet Marriage" was born, but it was outlawed by a law reform in 1753. There was also a Bridewell Prison near the western end of Fleet Street. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Fleet Marriage" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…この監獄はロンドン大火(1666)とゴードン暴動(1780)で破壊され,そのつど再建されたが,1845年ごろ廃止された。ここでは,負債が払えず入獄した牧師がもぐりの結婚式をつかさどることが多く,〈フリート街の結婚Fleet Marriage〉という言葉も生まれたが,1753年の法改正で非合法化された。フリート街の西端近くにも,ブライドウェル監獄があった。…

※「Fleet Marriage」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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