| William Blackstone - 1771 - 506 pages
...For this reafon, a man cannot grant any thing to his -wife, or enter into covenant with her ° : fpr the grant would be to fuppofe her feparate exiftence ; and to covenant withher,would be only to covenant v/ith himfelf : and therefore it is alfo generally true, thatall... | |
| Sir William Blackstone - 1791 - 518 pages
...fpeak not at prefent of the rights of property, but of fuch as are merely ferfonal. For this reafon, a man cannot grant any thing to his wife, or enter...only to covenant with himfelf : and therefore it is alfo generally true, that all compacts made between hufband and wife, when fingle, are voided by the... | |
| Sir William Blackstone - 1791 - 516 pages
...fpeak not at prefent of the rights of property, but of fuch as are merely perfanal. For this reafon, a man cannot grant any thing to his wife, or enter into covenant with her ° : for the grant would lie to fuppofe her feparate exiftence; and to covenant with her, \vould be only to covenant with himfelf... | |
| William Blackstone - 1793 - 686 pages
...fpeak not at prefent of the rights of property, but of fuch as are merely perfsnal. For this reafon, a man cannot grant any thing to his wife, or enter...to fuppofe her feparate exiftence; and to covenant witli her, would be only to covenant with himfelf(i6): and therefore it is alfo generally true, that... | |
| William Blackstone - 1800 - 674 pages
...rights of property, but of fuch as are merely pet-final. For this rcafon, a man cannot grant any thiug to his wife, or enter into covenant with her", for...with her, would be only to covenant with himfelf( 16): and therefore it is alfo generally true, that all compacts made between hufband and wife, when... | |
| William Blackstone - 1800 - 678 pages
...rights of property, but of fuch as are merely perfonal. For this reafon, a man cannot grant any thiug to his wife, or enter into covenant with her", for...covenant with her, would be only to covenant with himfelf(i6): and therefore it is alfo generally true, that all compacts made between hufband and wife,... | |
| Sir William Blackstone - 1807 - 686 pages
...speak not at present of the rights of property, but of such as arc merely fiersonal. For this reason, a man cannot grant any thing to his wife, or enter into covenant with her0, for the grant would be to suppose her separate existence: and to covenant with her, would be... | |
| John Adolphus - 1818 - 560 pages
...legal rights, duties, and difabilities, that either of them acquires by the marriage. For this reafon, a man cannot grant any thing to his wife, or enter into covenant with her; for the grant would fuppofe her feparate exiftence ; and to covenant with her would be only to covenant with himfelf ;... | |
| Sir William BLACKSTONE, Vincent WANOSTROCHT - 1823 - 872 pages
...the marriage, or at least is incorporated and consolidated into that of the husband. For this reason, a man cannot grant any thing to his wife, or enter...into covenant with her : for the grant would be to suppose her separate existence ; and to covenant with her, -would be only to covenant with himself... | |
| William Blackstone - 1825 - 572 pages
...employed in elucidating and settling upon firm principles the ecclesiastical marriage law of the country. his wife, or enter into covenant with her °, for the grant would be to suppose her separate existence : and to covenant with her, would be only to covenant with himself:... | |
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