To solemnize, spoken of a marriage, means no more than to enter ln-to a marriage contract, wlth due publicatlon, before thlrd persons, for the purpose of glv-ing it notoriety and certalnty; whlch may be before any persons, relatives, frlends, or strangers, competent to testify to the facts. See Dyer v. Brannock, 66 Mo. 410, 27 Am. Rep. 359; Pearson v. IIowey, 11 N. J. Law, 19; Bowman v. Bowman, 24 111. App. 172
Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
