 | John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees - 1802 - 654 páginas
...customs peculiar to the Isle are the following, which merit attention, from their singularity : — " If any man take a woman by constraint, or force her against her will — if she be a tt'//e, he must suffer the law for her : if she be a maid, or single woman, the Deemster shall give... | |
 | John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees - 1802 - 652 páginas
...customs peculiar to the Isle are the following, which merit attention, from their singularity : — " If any man take a woman by constraint, or force her against her will — if ihe be a wife, he must suffer the law for her; if she be a maid, or single woman, the Deemster shall... | |
 | John Britton, Edward Wedlake Brayley, Joseph Nightingale, James Norris Brewer, John Evans, John Hodgson, Francis Charles Laird, Frederic Shoberl, John Bigland, Thomas Rees - 1802 - 650 páginas
...customs peculiar to the Isle arc the following, which merit attention, from their singularity : — " If any man take a woman by constraint, or force her against her will—if «he lie i u-ifc, he must suffer the law for her : if she be 3 maid, or single woman, the... | |
 | 1806 - 550 páginas
...fi peculiar to the Isle, »re the following, which merit attention, from their singularity : — "4f If any man take a woman by constraint, or force her...sword, and a ring, and she shall have her choice, either to hang with the rope, cut o^his head with the sword, or marry him with the ring..' In any prosagution... | |
 | George Ashburner - 1807 - 238 páginas
...a farce is I LAW AGAINST RAVISHERS. " If any man take a woman," fays one law of the Isle of Man, " by constraint, or force her against her will, if she...her: if she be a maid or single woman, the deemster or judge shall give her a rope, a sword, and a ring ; and she shall have her choice, either to hang... | |
 | The treasury of wit and anecdote - 1842 - 336 páginas
...ABDUCTION AND FORESIGHT. BY an ancient law of the Isle of Man, if a man takes a woman by restraint ; if she be a wife, he must suffer the law for her ; if she be a single woman, the deemster shall give her a rope, a sword, or a ring, and she shall have her choice,... | |
 | John Feltham - 1861 - 322 páginas
...broach ; the best cross ; the best pot or pan." "If any man take a woman (Temporal custom, laws, 1577) by constraint, or force her against her will ; if...sword, and a ring, and she shall have her choice, either to hang with the rope, cut off his head with the sword, or marry him with the ring." Keport... | |
 | Matthew Glover, Suetonius M. Tod - 1868 - 290 páginas
...choice of punishment lay with the injured party : " If any Man takes a woman by Constraint, if she be a single woman, the Deemster shall give her a Rope, a Sword, and a Ring, and then shall have her choice to hang him with the Rope, cut off his Head with the Sword, or marry him... | |
 | 1869 - 634 páginas
...to FRS to know that, among the old Manx "Temporal Customary Laws," AD 1577, is the following : — " If any man take a woman by constraint, or force her...she be a maid or single woman, the Deemster shall gire her a rope, a sword, and a ring ; and she shall have her choice to hang with the r»pe, cut off... | |
 | Sidney John Hervon Herrtage - 1879 - 714 páginas
...MS. Harl. 10,291. [Amongst the old Manx " Temporal Customary Laws," 1577, ocean the following : — " If any man take a woman by constraint, or force her...he must suffer the law for her. If she be a maid or a single woman, the Deemster shall give her a rope, a sword, and a ring : and she shall have her choice... | |
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If any man take a woman by constraint, or force her against her will — if she be a tt'//e, he must suffer the law for her : if she be a maid, or single woman, the Deemster shall give her a rope, a sword, and a ring, and she shall have her choice, either... 
