 | Edward Schiappa - 2003 - 236 Seiten
...as the "woman-as-property" theory, Blackstone's argument is that "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" (1859, 442). As a result, a husband cannot grant "any thing to his wife . . . for the grant would be... | |
 | Kimberly Gauderman - 2003 - 212 Seiten
...Wife,” especially sec. 3, “Effects of Marriage on Status.” “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 [also referred to as her baron or lordi; under whose wing, protection, and cover she performs everything”... | |
 | Jennifer Anne Henderson - 2003 - 310 Seiten
...the common law doctrine of coverture or marital unity as follows: ‘by marriage the husband and wife are one person in law: that is, the very being or...woman is suspended during the marriage, or at least incorporated and consolidated into that of the husband: under whose wing, protection and cover she... | |
 | Barbara H. Zaitzow, Jim Thomas - 2003 - 268 Seiten
...jurisdictions, but argued differently for the common-law tradition: By marriage, the husband and wife are one person in law; that is, the very being, or...woman is suspended during the marriage, or at least incorporated and consolidated into that of the husband, under whose wing, protection and cover, she... | |
 | Tom Moylan, Raffaella Baccolini - 2003 - 702 Seiten
...legalist William Blackstone ([1765-1769] 1979, vol. 1, p. 430) wrote: By marriage, the husband and wife are one person in law: that is, the very being or...woman is suspended during the marriage, or at least incorporated and consolidated into that of the husband; under whose wing, protection, and cover, she... | |
 | John Barnes, Shaun Best, Robert Dransfield - 2003 - 136 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.' In practical terms this meant that, on marrying, normally 'both possession and control... | |
 | Mala Htun - 2003 - 236 Seiten
...famously captured by British legal scholar William Blackstone, was that 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 marriage, or at least incorporated and consolidated into that of the husband under whose wing, protection... | |
 | Susan Zaeske - 2003 - 276 Seiten
...submerged, or covered, by that of her husband, As 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 marriage, or at least incorporated and consolidated into that of the husband, under whose wing, protection,... | |
 | John Bossy - 2003 - 312 Seiten
...married women, femme covert, was recognized. As Blackstone put it: '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 marriage'. 58 For those who for any reason wished to maintain separate legal identity, resort to common... | |
 | Bryan Horrigan - 2003 - 392 Seiten
...of England did not mince words about the legal status of wives: ‘By marriage, the husband and wife are one person in law: that is, the very being or legal existence of the woman is suspended in marriage, or at least is incorporated and consolidated into that of the 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. 
