 | Sunka Simon - 2002 - 354 σελίδες
...old-time epistolary novel, she will contractually be eliminated upon marriage to Ambrose, the novelist: "[t]he 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. . . . [A]nd therefore... | |
 | Susan Zaeske - 2003 - 276 σελίδες
...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, and cover, she... | |
 | Tom Moylan, Raffaella Baccolini - 2003 - 702 σελίδες
...([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 legal existence of the woman is suspended during the marriage, or at least incorporated and consolidated into that of the husband; under whose wing,... | |
 | Herbert Anderson, Edward Foley - 2004 - 276 σελίδες
...formulation in William Blackstone's 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 the marriage, or at least is incorporated and consolidated into that of the husband: under whose wing,... | |
 | Barbara H. Zaitzow, Jim Thomas - 2003 - 268 σελίδες
...differently for the common-law tradition: 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 incorporated and consolidated into that of the husband, under whose wing,... | |
 | John Barnes, Shaun Best, Robert Dransfield - 2003 - 136 σελίδες
...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... | |
 | Edward Schiappa - 2003 - 236 σελίδες
..."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 legal existence of the woman is suspended during the marriage, or at least is incorporated and consolidated into that of the husband" (1859, 442). As... | |
 | Jennifer Anne Henderson - 2003 - 310 σελίδες
...of coverture or marital unity as follows: '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 incorporated and consolidated into that of the husband: under whose wing,... | |
 | Kristin Anne Kelly - 2003 - 228 σελίδες
...common law, William Blackstone notes 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 in marriage." 5 This joining of persons was not merely symbolic but carried with it a number of very... | |
 | Bryan Horrigan - 2003 - 392 σελίδες
...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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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... 
