Where one person falsely asserts that he or she is married to another, the wronged party could obtain an order restraining further repetitions of the falsehood.
Where one person falsely asserted that he or she is married to another, the wronged party (the petitioner) could bring a suit for jactitation of marriage.
The suit could be brought only against the person (the respondent) wrongfully claiming to be married, and could not be used to forbid third parties from alleging the existence of a marriage.
[1] If the court found the case to be proven, it could issue a declaration that the two parties were not married, along with an order forbidding the respondent from repeating the assertion.
[3] In the Republic of Ireland a Law Reform Commission report of 1983 recommended abolition of jactitation as "an ancient remedy which has fallen into complete disuse".