 | Sir William Blackstone - 1791 - 518 pagina’s
...now have fecurity of the peace againft her hufband ? ; or, in return, a hufband againft his wife *. Yet the lower rank of people, who were always fond of the old common law, ftill claim and exert their antient privilege : and the courts of law will ftill permit a hufband to... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1793 - 686 pagina’s
...now have fecurity of the peace againft her hulband r ; or, in return, a hufband againft his wife 1. Yet the lower rank of people, who were always fond of the old common law, (till claim and exert their anticnt privilege : and the courts of law will flill permit a hufband to... | |
 | 1811 - 702 pagina’s
...wile may now have security of the peace against "her husband; or in return a husband against his wife; yet the "lower rank of people, who were always fond of the old com" mon law, still claim and exercise their ancient privilege, and " the courts of law will still... | |
 | William Guthrie, John Knox - 1801 - 1204 pagina’s
...againil his wife: yet the lower ranks of people, •who were always fond of the old common law, ftill claim and exert their ancient, privilege : and the courts of law will llill permit a hu/ïxand to reftrain a wife of her liberty, in cafe of any grofs mi (behaviour. Thcfc... | |
 | Virginia. Supreme Court of Appeals, William Waller Hening, William Munford - 1808 - 662 pagina’s
...correction ; "which, although, doubted, as Mr. Blackstone. •' says, in the polite reign of Charles the 2d, yet the lower •' rank of people, who were always...privilege, and the <( courts of law will still permit an husband to restrain a "wife of her liberty, in case of any gross misbehavior ;" for which he cites... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1809 - 752 pagina’s
...of these crimes. By marriage, the husband hath power over his wife's person ; and the courts of law still permit a husband to restrain a wife of her liberty, in case of any gross misbehaviour ; but if he threaten to kill her, &c., she may make him find surety of tlie peace, by suing a writ... | |
 | Leigh Hunt - 1811 - 510 pagina’s
...the polite reign of Charles Il. ;" he also there ath'rms that " the courts of law will still allow a husband to restrain a wife of her liberty in case of gross misbehaviour ;" but notwithstanding all this, I dare not be. liere that so warm a panegyrist... | |
 | 1813 - 716 pagina’s
...Brtcton and Flita on (his carious subject. Some light is also shed on it bj Dalrymple and Ingulph. pie, who were always fond of the old common law, still claim and exert their ancient privilege." • > The lower classes of the present generation have zealously maintained this, as well as their... | |
 | Thomas Potts - 1815 - 836 pagina’s
...2. By marriage, the husband hath power over Im wife's person; and the courts of law still permit an husband to restrain a wife of her liberty, in case of any gross misbehaviour. Dut if lie threaten to kill her, &c. she may make him find surely of the pence, by suing a writ of... | |
 | William Nicholson - 1819 - 394 pagina’s
...of these crimes. By marriage, the husband hath power over his wife's person ; and the courts of law still permit a husband to restrain a wife of her liberty, in case of any gross misbehaviour : bat if he threaten to kill her, fcc. she may make him find surety of the peace, by suing a 'ft rit... | |
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Yet the lower rank of people, who were always fond of the old common law, still claim and exert their ancient privilege: and the courts of law will still permit a husband to restrain a wife of her liberty, in case of any gross misbehaviour. 
