 | 1848 - 558 Seiten
...performs everything, and therefore is called a feme covert. A man therefore cannot grant anything to his wife, or enter into covenant with her, for the...separate existence ; and to covenant with her would only be to covenant with himself. Though the husband and wife cannot at common law contract with each... | |
 | 1855 - 812 Seiten
...rights of property, but such as arc merely personal. For this reason a man cannot grant anything to his wife, or enter into covenant with her; for the...separate existence, and to covenant with her would be to covenant with himself; and, therefore, it ts also generally trite, that all compacts made between... | |
 | 1855 - 808 Seiten
...rights of property, but such as are merely personal. For this reason a man cannot grant anything to his wife, or enter into covenant with her ; for the grant would be to suppose her separnte existence, and to covenant with her would be to covenant with himself; and, therefore, it... | |
 | William Blackstone, George Sharswood - 1860 - 874 Seiten
...personal. For this reason, a man cannot grant any thing to hie wife, or enter into covenant with her :(м) for the grant would be to suppose her separate existence...with her, would be only to covenant with himself: und therefore it is also generally true, that all compacts made between husband and wife, when single,... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1865 - 642 Seiten
...to his wife, or enter into a covenant with her, for this would be to suppose her separate existence; and therefore it is also generally true, that all...wife, when single, are voided by the intermarriage. A woman indeed may be attorney for her husband; for that implies no separation from, but is rather... | |
 | Ransom Hebbard Tyler - 1868 - 984 Seiten
...this reason a husband cannot, by any conveyance at common law, give an estate or grant any thing to his wife, or enter into covenant with her ; for the...with her would be only to covenant with himself; and what is true of the husband in this respect is also true of the wife. Neither husband nor wife can... | |
 | 1883 - 548 Seiten
...right« of property, but of such as are merely personal. For this reason a man cannot grant any thing to his wife or enter into covenant with her; for the...with her would be only to covenant with himself." They were not allowed to give evidence against each other mainly because of the union of person, for... | |
 | 1883 - 552 Seiten
...rights of property, but of such as are merely personal. For this reason a man cannot grant auy thing to his wife or enter into covenant with her; for the...with her would be only to covenant with himself." They were not allowed to give evidence against each other mainly because of the union of person, for... | |
 | John Wade - 1871 - 946 Seiten
...Upon this principle, a man cannot grant anything to bin wife without the intervention of trustees, or enter into covenant with her ; for the grant would be to suppose her separate eibfcnce, and to covenant with her would be to covenant with himself. The sanctity of the marriage... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1872 - 776 Seiten
...marriage, by any conveyance at common law, give an estate to the wife. Co. Litt. 112, a, 187, b. Jfor the therefore it is also generally true, that all compacts...•wife, when single, are voided by the intermarriage, (n) (25) Л woman indeed may be attorney for her husband; (o) for that implies no separation from,... | |
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For this reason, a man cannot grant anything 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... 
