Annulments were available and the parties were able to remarry in those cases. But the parties had to prove one of the following: the husband had been impotent for three years; the parties involved had a close family relationship; or one party had a prior contract with another person who was still living. Annulments were extremely hard to get.

Do you happen to have any numbers about them? What does a "prior contract" exactly mean? A public engagement? Or having the settlements already drawn? Who was the party allowed to sue for an annulment? (ie. the one who was abandoned, the new husband or the prior engaged wife?) And how did one prove impotency? Was failure to conceive enough or did it require medical exams? Just curious