...English Law goes further, and considers the Husband and Wife as one Person. As the Lawyers state it * : the very being or legal existence of the woman is...suspended during the marriage, or at least is incorporated and consolidated in that of her husband : under whose wing, protection, and cover, she performs everything...

...carried out by my Lord COKE, (Co. Litt. 112,) when he says that "By marriage the husband and wife are one person in law, that is, the very being or legal existence...suspended during the marriage, or at least is incorporated and consolidated into that of her husband, under whose wing, protection and cover she performs every...

...Law husband and •wife have always been treated, with some few exceptions (6), as one person (c) ; the very being or legal existence of the woman is...suspended during the marriage, or at least is incorporated with that of the husband under whose wing and cover she performs everything (d). One of the consequences...

...Platt says. "In the language of Sir William Blackstone, 'by marriage, the husband and wife are one person in law, that is, the very being or legal existence of the woman is snsjKnded during marriage, or, at least, is incorporated and consolidated into that, of the husband,...

...participation in all Rights human and divine. || Blackst. i. 442. But perhaps it would be more just to say of the woman is suspended during the marriage, or at least is incorporated and consolidated in that of her husband : under whose wing, protection, and cover, she performs everything...

...participation in all Rights human and divine. || Blackst. i. 442. But perhaps it would be more just to say of the woman is suspended during the marriage, or at least is incorporated and consolidated in that of her husband : under whose wing, protection, and cover, she performs everything...

...intelligent moral being. "By marriage," Bays Sir William Blackstone, " the husband and wife arc one person in law — that is, the very being or legal...consolidated into that of the husband, under whose wing, protection and cover, she performs everything, and is, therefore, called in oar law — French, a femme...

...Mutual rights, Sfc., of husband and wife.] — The law considers husband and wife as one person ; for 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 everything,...

...existence, that I cannot forbear transcribing a single sentence. " By marriage, the husband and wife are one person in law — that is, the very being or legal...marriage, or at least is incorporated or consolidated in that of the husband, under whose wing, protection and cover she performs every thing ; and is therefore...

...his legal course. In Ist Bleu;. Com. 442, we are told : " 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 is incorporated and consolidated into that of the husband ; under whose wing,...