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Of domesticall duties eight treatises. I. An exposition of that part of Scripture out…
Of domesticall duties eight treatises. I. An exposition of that part of Scripture out of which domesticall duties are raised. ... VIII. Duties of masters. By William Gouge.
London: printed by John Haviland for William Bladen, 1622London: printed by Iohn Haviland for William Bladen, 1622
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§. 29. Of the reasons against a wives property in the common goods of the family.
§. 29. Of the reasons against a wiues propertie in the common goods of the family.
2. Answ. It may safely be denied that a wife hath a property in the common goods of the family whereof she is no heir, for property in goods is a civill matter, and to be limited according to the law of man under which we live. Where the law, or custom of the place, make all the children coheirs, all have an equal right to their several parts: where the eldest only is made heir, he hath a right to all: where the youngest only is made heir, he hath a right to all: but neither the law of nations, nor of the land where we live give the wife a property. aBy the common law marriage is a gift of all the goods and chattels personal of the wife to her husband, so that no kind of property in the same remaineth in her. bAnd all ⟨p. 300⟩personal goods and chattels during marriage given to the wife are presently ipso facto transferred (as to the property of them) to the husband. So that by our law she is so far from gaining any property by her marriage in her husbands goods, as she loseth all the property she formerly had in her own goods. Yea c