 | sir William Blackstone - 1825 - 660 pàgines
...employed in elucidating and settling upon firm principle! the ecclesiastical marriage law of the country. his wife, or enter into covenant with her °, for the grant would be to suppose her separate existence : and to covenant with her, would be only to covenant with himself:... | |
 | Alexander Whellier - 1825 - 836 pàgines
...covert. A man, therefore, cannot grant any thing lo his wife, but by the intervention of trustees, or enter into covenant with her : for the grant would be to suppose her separate existence ; and to covenant with her would only be to covenant with himself. But... | |
 | 1852 - 1174 pàgines
...return now to our quotations. " A man cannot grant anything to his wife," says the same authority, " or enter into covenant with her, for the grant would be to suppose her separate existence ; and to covenant with her would be only to covenant with himself."... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1827 - 916 pàgines
...speak not at present of the rights of property, but of such as are merely personal. 4I For this reason, a man cannot grant any thing to his wife, or enter into covenant with her,(o) for the grant would be to suppose her separate existence : and to covenant with her, would... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 440 pàgines
...law will still permit a husband to restrain a wife of her liberty, in case of any gross misbehaviour. A man cannot grant any thing to his wife, or enter into covenant with her, for the grant would be to suppose her separate existence; and to covenant with her, would be only to covenant with himself: and... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1836 - 694 pàgines
...not at present of the rights of property (25), but of such as are merely personal. For this reason, a man cannot grant any thing to his wife, or enter into covenant with her (o): for the grant would be to suppose her separate existence; and to covenant with her, would be only... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1838 - 910 pàgines
...speak not at present of the rights of property, but of such as are merely personal. For this reason, a man cannot grant any thing to his wife, or enter into covenant with her (m) : for the grant would be to suppose her separate existence ; and to covenant with her, would be... | |
 | Arkansas. Supreme Court - 1853 - 926 pàgines
...legal rights, duties and disabilities that either of them acquires by the marriage. For this reason, a man cannot grant any thing to his wife, or enter into covenant with her; for the grant would be to suppose her separate existence, and to covenant with her would be to covenant with himself. (See Co.... | |
 | 1848 - 558 pàgines
...she performs everything, and therefore is called a feme covert. A man therefore cannot grant anything to his wife, or enter into covenant with her, for the grant would be to suppose her separate existence ; and to covenant with her would only be to covenant with himself. Though... | |
 | South Carolina. Court of Appeals, James Albert Strobhart - 1849 - 672 pàgines
...her coverture." He also remarks, speaking of this legal union of husband and wife, " for this reason a man cannot grant any thing to his wife, or enter into covenant with her." In Bacon's Abridg't. Tit. Baron and Feme, D. it is said, BouTier's edit. " husband and wife are considered... | |
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For this reason, a man cannot grant any thing to his wife, or enter into covenant with her: for the grant would be to suppose her separate existence; and to covenant with her, would be only to covenant with himself... 
