Florida Statute 771.08 - Full Text and Legal Analysis

The 2025 Florida Statutes

Title XLV
TORTS

Chapter 771
ACTIONS FOR ALIENATION OF AFFECTIONS, CRIMINAL CONVERSATION, SEDUCTION, OR BREACH OF CONTRACT TO MARRY

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771.08 Construction of law.—This law shall be liberally construed to effectuate the objects and purposes thereof and the public policy of the state as hereby declared. This law shall supersede all laws and parts of laws, inconsistent with this law, to the extent of such inconsistency, but in all other respects shall be deemed supplemental to such laws and parts of laws. Nothing contained in this law shall be construed as a repeal of any of the provisions of the penal law or the code of criminal procedure or of any other law of this state relating to criminal or quasi-criminal actions or proceedings.

History.—ss. 8, 9, ch. 23138, 1945.

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Liappas v. Augoustis, 47 So. 2d 582 (Fla. 1950).

Cited 31 times | Published | Supreme Court of Florida | 1950 Fla. LEXIS 1046

...rry are hereby abolished." In Section 771.04 it is provided that "No act hereafter done within this state shall operate to give rise, either within or without this state, to any of the rights of action abolished by this law." It is also provided, in Section 771.08, that the law "shall be liberally construed to effectuate the objects and purposes thereof and the public policy of the state as hereby declared." The purpose of the Act, as stated in the preamble, is, inter alia, to prevent the perpet...

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Hoffman v. Boyd, 698 So. 2d 346 (Fla. 4th DCA 1997).

Cited 4 times | Published | Florida 4th District Court of Appeal | 1997 WL 471845

..."contrary to the public policy of this state and absolutely void." Any person, either as a party or attorney, who commences any proceeding seeking to enforce contract to marry is guilty of a misdemeanor of the second degree. See §§ 771.06; 771.07. Section 771.08 provides that Chapter 771 "shall be liberally construed to effectuate the objects and purposes thereof and the public policy of the state." There is no question that Chapter 771 enunciates our state's clearly-stated public policy against contracts to marry....

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O'Rear v. Am. Fam. Life Assurance Co. of Columbus, Inc., 784 F. Supp. 1561 (M.D. Fla. 1992).

Cited 3 times | Published | District Court, M.D. Florida | 1992 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 2587, 1992 WL 37641

violation of § 12(2) of the Securities Act, 15 U.S.C. § 771; 8) violation of § 12(1) of the Securities Act, 15

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