Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books, Volume 1J.B. Lippincott & Company, 1870 - Law |
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Page 53
... husband . " " Sir Thomas Holt struck his cook on the head with a cleaver , and cleaved her head : the one part lay on one shoulder , and the other on the other : " in both cases held not actionable . 1 Roll . Abr . 71. Cro . Jac . 184 ...
... husband . " " Sir Thomas Holt struck his cook on the head with a cleaver , and cleaved her head : the one part lay on one shoulder , and the other on the other : " in both cases held not actionable . 1 Roll . Abr . 71. Cro . Jac . 184 ...
Page 56
... husband's lands ; whereas , at the common law , she shall be endowed of one- third part only . - Such also are the special and particular customs of manors , of which every one has more or less , and which bind all the copyhold and cus ...
... husband's lands ; whereas , at the common law , she shall be endowed of one- third part only . - Such also are the special and particular customs of manors , of which every one has more or less , and which bind all the copyhold and cus ...
Page 136
... husband of each would have a right to vote , if his interest amounted to 40s . a year . A husband may vote for his wife's right of dower , without an actual assignment of it by metes and bounds . 20 Geo . III . c . 17 , ยง 12 . Two or ...
... husband of each would have a right to vote , if his interest amounted to 40s . a year . A husband may vote for his wife's right of dower , without an actual assignment of it by metes and bounds . 20 Geo . III . c . 17 , ยง 12 . Two or ...
Page 169
... husband , king William , who alone had the regal power ; and king William was personally preferred to queen Anne , though his issue was postponed to hers . Clearly therefore these princes were successively in possession of the crown by ...
... husband , king William , who alone had the regal power ; and king William was personally preferred to queen Anne , though his issue was postponed to hers . Clearly therefore these princes were successively in possession of the crown by ...
Page 171
... husband ; and in this particular she agrees with the Augusta , or piissima regina conjux divi imperatoris of the Roman laws ; who , according to Justinian , ( d ) was equally * capable of making a grant to , and receiving one from , the ...
... husband ; and in this particular she agrees with the Augusta , or piissima regina conjux divi imperatoris of the Roman laws ; who , according to Justinian , ( d ) was equally * capable of making a grant to , and receiving one from , the ...
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