 By marriage the husband and wife are one person in law ; that is the very being or legal existence of the woman is suspended during the marriage, or at least is incorporated and consolidated into that of the husband...  Blackstone's Commentaries Abridged - Page 84by William Blackstone, William Cyrus Sprague - 1899 - 544 lehteFull view - About this book
 | William Blackstone - 1807 - 686 lehte
...with, if the adulterer should die before the husband could obtain a verdict. III. HAVING thus shewn how marriages may be made, or dissolved, I come now,...under whose wing, protection, and cover, she performs every thing ; and is therefore called in our law-french a feme-covert, foemina viro co-ofierta ; is... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1809 - 752 lehte
...is, the vi-ry being or le«;al existence of the woman is suspended during the marriage; or, at lent!, is incorporated and consolidated into that of the husband, under whose wing, protection, and cover »he performs •very thing ; she is therefore called, in our law, (French,) a feme covert, that is... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1809 - 700 lehte
....round like an osier. HUSBAND and WIFE, usually termed baron and feme, are one person in law ; 'hat is, the very being or legal existence of the woman is suspended during the marri•'-'•; or, at least, is incorporated and consolidated into that of the husband, under whose... | |
 | New Jersey. Supreme Court - 1829 - 492 lehte
...estate of a very peculiar nature, resulting from that intimate union, by which as Blackstone says, "the very being or legal existence of the woman is...is incorporated and consolidated into that of the hushand." The estate May 1828 correctly speaking, is not what is known in the law by the name ~ uen... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1819 - 394 lehte
...the masts themselves wreathed round like an osier. HUSBAND and WIFE, usually termed baron and feme, are one person in law ; that is, the very- being or...woman is suspended during the marriage ; or, at least, ii incorporated and consolidated into that of the husband, under whose wing, protection, and cover,... | |
 | Roper Stote Donnison Roper - 1820 - 642 lehte
...or legal existence of the woman is by the common law suspended during the marriage, or at least it is incorporated and consolidated into that of the...under whose wing, protection, and cover she performs every thing (a). Modern times have introduced exceptions to this doctrine, as will appear in the progress... | |
 | Theophilus Moore - 1820 - 374 lehte
...capital felony. An English husband -and wife are termed baron and feme, and in law are one person ; that is, the very being or legal existence of the woman is suspended during marriage ; or, at lca-t, is incorporated and consolidated into that of the husband. A man cannot grant... | |
 | Lady Augusta Hamilton - 1822 - 424 lehte
...capital felony. Art English husband and wife are termed baron and feme, and in law are one person; that is, the very being or legal existence of the woman is suspended during marriage ; or, at least, is incorporated and consolidated into that of the husband. A man cannot grant... | |
 | Lady Augusta Hamilton - 1822 - 538 lehte
...law are one person ,- that is, the very being or legal existence of the woman, is suspended during marriage; or, at least, is incorporated and consolidated into that of the "husband. A man cannot grant lands to his wife during her coverture, but he may, by his deed, covenant with others... | |
 | Sir William BLACKSTONE, Vincent WANOSTROCHT - 1823 - 872 lehte
...quality of the parties. But in case of elopement, the law allows her no alimony. III. Having thus shewn how marriages may be made, or dissolved, I come now,...incorporated and consolidated into that of the husband. For this reason, a man cannot grant any thing to his wife, or enter into covenant with her : for the... | |
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