Chapter — 1917 Code of Canon Law
Chapter VI: Of Appeals
Superseded as law in 1983 — read why this Code still matters. Each canon links to its 1983 counterpart.
From the first sentence which has declared the nullity of marriage, the defender of the bond must, within legitimate time, make recourse to the higher tribunal; and if he neglects to fulfill his office, he is to be compelled by authority of the judge.
A prima sententia, quae matrimonii nullitatem declaraverit, vinculi defensor, intra legitimum tempus, ad superius tribunal provocare debet; et si negligat officium suum implere, compellatur auctoritate iudicis.
1983 Code correlation: can. 1682
After a second sentence which has confirmed the nullity of marriage, if the defender of the bond in the grade of appeal according to his conscience has not believed that appeal should be made, the spouses have the right, ten days having elapsed from denunciation of the sentence, of contracting new nuptials.
Post secundam sententiam, quae matrimonii nullitatem confirmaverit, si defensor vinculi in gradu appellationis pro sua conscientia non crediderit esse appellandum, ius coniugibus est, decem diebus a sententiae denuntiatione elapsis, novas nuptias contrahendi.
1983 Code correlation: can. 1684
When the nullity of marriage has been decreed, the Ordinary of the place must take care that mention of it be made in the registers of baptisms and marriages, where the celebration of the marriage is found consigned.
Decreta matrimonii nullitate, Ordinarius loci curare debet, ut de ea mentio fiat in baptismorum et matrimoniorum regestis, ubi matrimonii celebratio consignata invenitur.
1983 Code correlation: can. 1685
Since sentences in matrimonial causes never pass into a judged matter, the causes themselves, if new arguments are at hand, can always be retried, with the prescription of can. 1903 remaining firm.
Cum sententiae in causis matrimonialibus nunquam transeant in rem iudicatam, causae ipsae, si nova argumenta praesto sint, retractari semper poterunt, firmo praescripto can. 1903.