 | Martha Fineman, Terence Dougherty - 2005 - 538 Seiten
...(1951) (“pour toutet non pour my”). According to Blackstone, “By marriage, the husband and wife are one person in law: that is, the very being or...under whose wing, protection and cover, she performs everything; . . . and her condition during the marriage is called her coverture.” William Blackstone,... | |
 | Hannah Barker, Elaine Chalus - 2004 - 301 Seiten
...Commentaries on the Laws of England, Sir William Blackstone declared: By marriage, the husband and wife are one person in law: that is, the very being, or...incorporated and consolidated into that of the husband . . . [her property] becomes absolutely her husband's which at his death he may leave entirely from... | |
 | Hannah Barker, Elaine Chalus - 2005 - 312 Seiten
...Commentaries on the Laws of England, Sir William Blackstone declared: By marriage, the husband and wife are one person in law: that is, the very being, or...incorporated and consolidated into that of the husband . . . [her property] becomes absolutely her husband's which at his death he may leave entirely from... | |
 | Maria H. Morales - 2005 - 216 Seiten
...in law.” And that “person” was represented by the husband. Again Blackstone was most succinct: “The very being or legal existence of the woman...and consolidated into that of the husband.”¿¿ One of the most commonly felt injustices of the doctrine of spousal unity was the married woman's lack... | |
 | B. Zorina Khan - 2005 - 352 Seiten
...husbands. According to a standard eighteenth-century legal reference, "by marriage, the husband and wife are one person in law; that is, the very being or...existence of the woman is suspended during the marriage." 3 If women were granted the right to control their own property, other authorities argued, it would... | |
 | Susan E. Klepp, Billy G. Smith Smith - 2010 - 206 Seiten
...summarized British law on the relations between husband and wife: "By marriage, the husband and wife are one person in law: that is, the very being or...existence of the woman is suspended during the marriage. . . . [She] is therefore called in our law-French, a feme covert, and is said to be under the protection... | |
 | Susan E. Klepp, Billy G. Smith Smith - 2010 - 206 Seiten
...summarized British law on the relations between husband and wife: "By marriage, the husband and wife are one person in law: that is, the very being or...existence of the woman is suspended during the marriage. . . . [She] is therefore called in our law-French, a feme covert, and is said to be under the protection... | |
 | Judith Rowbotham, Kim Stevenson - 2005 - 352 Seiten
...male protectiveness in his muchquoted words: By marriage, the husband and wife are one person in the law; that is, the very being or legal existence of...woman is suspended during the marriage, or at least incorporated and consolidated into that of the husband. . . . Even the disabilities which the wife... | |
 | Shaun Best - 2005 - 348 Seiten
...argument. Women could not vote and as Sir William Blackstone explained: '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 that marriage'. Practically, this meant that, on marrying, normally 'both possession and control of... | |
 | Pat Shipman - 2009 - 450 Seiten
...92”If they married” According to Blackstone, Commentaries: “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 her marriage, or at least is incorporated or consolidated into that of her husband, under whose wing,... | |
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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, under whose wing, protection, and cover she performs every thing. 
