Jul. 19, 1816

“Decree” issued by the Austrian Royal Court [Present-day Austria, Germany etc.; Austrian Empire]: “If a Jewish father withholds consent from his minor child, who has converted to the Catholic religion, to get married for irrelevant/insignificant reasons, it is within the child’s right to seek legal/judicial assistance.”
Repertorium über sämmtliche unter den Regierungen Ihrer Majestäten Josephs II, Leopolds II., und seiner jetzt regierenden Majestät Franz I. erflossenen und in dieser Gesetzsammlung enthaltenen Gesetze und Verfassungen im Justiz-Fache, vom Jahre 1780 bis Ende des Jahres 1820. (Wien; 1823); (Repertory of all laws and constitutions issued under his majesties Joseph I, Leopold II, and the current ruler, his Majesty Franz I, from 1780 to the end of 1820.); (Vienna; 1823); Researched and Translated by Ziba Shadjaani 11/18/2019