| William Joseph Wilkins - 1887 - 548 pages
...of Manu, which is held to teach authoritatively on this subject, is the following : " Three persons, a wife, a son, and a slave, are declared by law to have in general no wealth of their own ; the wealth which they may earn is regularly acquired for the man to whom they belong."... | |
| John Dawson Mayne - 1922 - 1132 pages
...texts must be referred which represent women as absolutely without independent rights. "Three persons, a wife, a son, and a slave, are declared by law to have no wealth exclusively their own ; the wealth which they may earn Is regularly acquired for the man... | |
| Estelle Sylvia Pankhurst - 1926 - 654 pages
...self -acquired property ; everything belonged to the father. The Code of Manu says : " Three persons, a wife, a son and a slave are declared by law to have no wealth exclusively their own ; the wealth which they earn is regularly acquired for the man to whom... | |
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