Marriage law is hardly represented in the jurisdiction of the Austrian Supreme Judicial Court in the first half of the 19th century. This is primarily due to the fact that the majority of the population was Roman Catholic, and accord- ing to ecclesiastical law a civil divorce in the modern sense was impossible. In addition, matters of marriage were often solved by mutual agreements in the lowest levels of jurisdiction. Two main topics appear in the few cases: * Matrimonial property: dotal-/paraphernal-property * Cases of separation from table and bed (agreements). Other single cases (eg. the validity of a marriage ceremony in Rome) complete the picture of marriage law im juris- diction.