Prize Essay on the Laws for the Protection of Women |
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... force is of no avail against the subtle- ties of fraud . We are consequently led to perceive , that in the laws under consideration there is a distinc- tion between those having for their object the protection of women from open ...
... force is of no avail against the subtle- ties of fraud . We are consequently led to perceive , that in the laws under consideration there is a distinc- tion between those having for their object the protection of women from open ...
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... force , and also taking into consi- deration the condition and comparative inability of the woman to guard against it . The third class , on the other hand , has not for its immediate object the adjustment of the particular rights and ...
... force , and also taking into consi- deration the condition and comparative inability of the woman to guard against it . The third class , on the other hand , has not for its immediate object the adjustment of the particular rights and ...
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... force , was obliged , in the case of a virgin , to marry her . Common prostitutes were not within any of these rules ; and if the virgin or her mother had accepted any present from the man , he was not obliged to make her his wife , but ...
... force , was obliged , in the case of a virgin , to marry her . Common prostitutes were not within any of these rules ; and if the virgin or her mother had accepted any present from the man , he was not obliged to make her his wife , but ...
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... force was punishable with " extreme , " but undefined , penalties ; for , argues Justinian , " Si in hoc eos eligimus , ut pecuniaria furta ac rapinas corrigerent ; quomodo non multo magis castitatis furtum ac rapinam eos coercere ...
... force was punishable with " extreme , " but undefined , penalties ; for , argues Justinian , " Si in hoc eos eligimus , ut pecuniaria furta ac rapinas corrigerent ; quomodo non multo magis castitatis furtum ac rapinam eos coercere ...
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... force , subjected the offender to the payment of a sum of money ( fifty shil- lings ) to the person in whose tutelage she was , as well as imposed upon him the obligation to pay the amount of her " mund , " or sum paid to the family of ...
... force , subjected the offender to the payment of a sum of money ( fifty shil- lings ) to the person in whose tutelage she was , as well as imposed upon him the obligation to pay the amount of her " mund , " or sum paid to the family of ...
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Page 152 - A father, or in case of his death or desertion of his family, the mother, may maintain an action for the injury or death of a minor child, and a guardian for the injury or death of his ward, when such injury or death is caused by the wrongful act or neglect of another.
Page 101 - ... every such offender, and every person counselling, aiding, or abetting such offender, shall be guilty of felony, and being convicted thereof, shall be liable to be transported beyond the seas for life, or any term not less than seven years, or to be imprisoned...
Page 72 - ... shall be guilty of a misdemeanour, and being convicted thereof shall be liable at the discretion of the Court to be imprisoned for any term not exceeding two years, with or without hard labour.
Page 52 - And be it enacted, that if any person shall unlawfully take, or cause to be taken, any unmarried girl, being under the age of sixteen years, out of the possession and against the will of her father or mother, or of any other person having the lawful care or charge of her, every such offender shall be guilty of a misdemeanor...
Page 150 - Every person who takes any woman unlawfully, against her will, and by force, menace, or duress, compels her to marry him, or to marry any other person, or to be defiled, is punishable by imprisonment in the state prison not less than two nor more than fourteen years.
Page 195 - That if any Person shall by any false Pretence obtain from any other Person any Chattel, Money, or valuable Security, with Intent to cheat or defraud any Person of the same, every such Offender shall be guilty of a Misdemeanor...
Page vi - Then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel's father fifty shekels of silver, and she shall be his wife; because he hath humbled her, he may not put her away all his days.
Page 57 - That where any woman shall have any interest, whether legal or equitable, present or future, absolute, conditional, or contingent, in any real or personal estate, or shall be an heiress presumptive, or next of kin to any one having such interest...
Page 70 - Ч lating the chastity of her who hath indeed no chastity at all, or at ^ least hath no regard to it. But the law of England does not judge so hardly of offenders as to cut off all opportunity of retreat even from common strumpets, and to treat them as never capable of amendment. It therefore holds it to be felony to force even a concubine or harlot ; because the woman may have forsaken that unlawful course of life...
Page 195 - That all persons who, knowingly and designedly, by false pretence or pretences, shall obtain from any person or persons, money, goods, wares or merchandises, with intent to cheat or defraud any person or persons of the same, shall be deemed offenders against law and the public peace," and shall be punished as therein required.