 | Thadious M. Davis - 2003 - 356 halaman
...the man's identity becomes the only one visible under law. In his Commentaries, Blackstone observes, "The very being or legal existence of the woman is...least is incorporated and consolidated into that of the husband; under whose wing, protection and cover, she performs everything; and is therefore called... | |
 | Leslie Peirce - 2003 - 500 halaman
...status of a legal person.91 According to William Blackstone's explication of this feature of common law. "The very being or legal existence of the woman is suspended during the marriage, or at least is ... consolidated into that of the husband: under whose wing, protection, and cover, she performs every... | |
 | Carole Ruth McCann, Seung-Kyung Kim - 2003 - 518 halaman
...the husband and wife are one person in law: that is, the very being or legal existence of the women is suspended during the marriage, or at least is incorporated and consolidated into that of the Husband." I. Blackstone, Commentaries, 1965, pp. 442-445, cited in Kenneth M. Davidson, Ruth B.... | |
 | Brandon Marie Miller - 2003 - 108 halaman
...into her husbands identity. The colonies were governed by English law. And English law declared that "the very being or legal existence of the woman is suspended during the marriage." Her life was "consolidated into that of the husband; under whose wing, protection, and cover, she performs... | |
 | Frank Lentricchia, Andrew DuBois - 2003 - 412 halaman
...called "coverture" at this time actually defined the married woman's status as suspended or "covered": "the very being or legal existence of the woman is suspended during the marriage," wrote Sir William Blackstone, "or at least is incorporated and consolidated into that of the husband:... | |
 | Betty Boyd Caroli - 2003 - 510 halaman
...many American statutes, describes marriage as the merging of two people into one legal person so that "the very being or legal existence of the woman is suspended during the marriage. "4a Wives of presidents would presumably be no different from others and would expect to share the... | |
 | Warren R. Hofstra - 2004 - 438 halaman
...1747, Picket v Johnson, Mar. 1748, ibid. On the doctrine oifeme covert, William Blackstone stated that "by marriage the husband and wife are one person in...least is incorporated and consolidated into that of the husband: under whose wing, protection, and cover, she performs every thing." See William Blackstone,... | |
 | Jane Austen - 2004 - 458 halaman
...Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England (Oxford, 1765) Book I, Ch. 15, "Of Husband and Wife" By marriage, the husband and wife are one person in...least is incorporated and consolidated into that of the husband: under whose wing, protection, and cover, she performs every thing; and is therefore called... | |
 | Miriam López Rodríguez, María Dolores Narbona Carrión - 2004 - 192 halaman
...1795, writing: "by marriage, the husband and wife are one person in law: that is, the very being of legal existence of the woman is suspended during the...least is incorporated and consolidated into that of the husband: under whose wing, protection, and cover, she performs every thing; and its therefore called...... | |
 | Mark Miller - 2005 - 305 halaman
...principle of "coverture" to the traditional conception of the married couple as a single person, such that "the very being or legal existence of the woman is suspended during the marriage, or at least incorporated and consolidated into that of the husband."9 As these examples suggest, the widespread... | |
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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 the marriage, or at least is incorporated and consolidated into that of the husband... 
