 | Sir Henry Sumner Maine, Henry Sumner Maine - 1890 - 422 pągines
...much later date the law-book of Maiiu declares that ' Three persons—a wife, a son, and a slave—are declared by law to have in general no wealth exclusively...regularly acquired for the man to whom they belong' (Manu, vni. 416). A still more recent, but still ancient, authority—Narada (v. 39)—says that a... | |
 | Edward Westermarck - 1894 - 678 pągines
...At a later date, the law-book of Manu declares that three persons — a wife, a son, and a slave — have in general no wealth exclusively their own ; the wealth which they may earn being regularly acquired for the man to whom they belong.2 A more recent, but still ancient authority,... | |
 | Herbert Spencer - 1896 - 684 pągines
...paternal power is insisted upon by the sacred books of the Hindus. In the Code of Mann it is written : — "Three persons — a wife, a son, and a slave —...may earn is regularly acquired for the man to whom the; belong." And according to Nelson's View of the Hindu law, this relationship still contimies. "It... | |
 | Herbert Spencer - 1896 - 668 pągines
...the Hindus. In the Code of Mann it is written:— "Three persons—a wife, a son, and a slave—are declared by law to have in general no wealth exclusively...regularly acquired for the man to whom they belong." And according to Nelson's View of the Hindu law, this relationship still continues. " It is the undoubted... | |
 | Herbert Spencer - 1896 - 670 pągines
...the Code of Manu it is written : — "Three persons — a wife, a son, and a slave — are declnrcd by law to have in general no wealth exclusively their...regularly acquired for the man to whom they belong." And according to Xclson's View of the Hindu law, this relationship still continues. "It is the undoubted... | |
 | George A. Richardson - 1896 - 472 pągines
...A text of ancient Hindu law reads : " A wife, a son, and a slave are alike incapable of property ; the wealth which they may earn is regularly acquired for the man to whom they belong." ment of Roman civilization. ' The children, young or old, till emancipation, possessed no rights of... | |
 | Edward Westermarck - 1901 - 676 pągines
...At a later date, the law-book of Manu declares that three persons — a wife, a son, and a slave — have in general no wealth exclusively their own ; the wealth which they may earn being regularly acquired for the man to whom they belong.2 A more recent, but still ancient authority,... | |
 | Sir Gooroodass Banerjee - 1913 - 528 pągines
...prohibited the sale or gift of a son.* A text of Manu 3 says thit the son is one of the three prersons declared by law to have in general no wealth exclusively their own. But the effect of this rule has been more than counteracted by a text of equal authority,* which declares... | |
 | Stephen Haley Allen - 1916 - 1264 pągines
...maintained in consideration of service, one born of a female slave in the house, one sold, or given, or inherited from ancestors, and one enslaved by way...regularly acquired for the man, to whom they belong." This chapter covers a vast field but in a crude and disjointed manner. Its moral tone is not so high... | |
 | John Dawson Mayne - 1922 - 1132 pągines
...period that the texts must be referred which represent women as absolutely without independent rights. "Three persons, a wife, a son, and a slave, are declared by law to have no wealth exclusively their own ; the wealth which they may earn Is regularly acquired for the man... | |
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Three persons, a wife, a son, and a slave, are declared by law to have (in general) no wealth exclusively their own ; the wealth which they may earn is (regularly) acquired for the man to whom they belong. 
