concept
Article 994 of the Code of Punishments
Art. 994, Code of Punishments
also: 994 ст. Улож. о наказ., Ulozhenie o nakazaniyakh, Art. 994
A provision of the Imperial Russian Code of Criminal and Correctional Punishments penalizing illicit cohabitation; the narrator cites it as his pretext for marrying rather than simply living with Barabanova.
Reading notes
- The Lawyer's Novel §3 Article 994 of the Code of Punishments
A provision of the Ulozhenie o nakazaniyakh (Code of Criminal and Correctional Punishments) penalizing illicit cohabitation; the narrator cites it, absurdly, as his legal reason for marrying rather than simply living with Barabanova.