Prize Essay on the Laws for the Protection of Women |
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... observed , " from what political classes con- cubines were chiefly selected , as cohabitation with a foreign woman was strictly forbidden by law , and the provisions made by the state for virgins of Attic families must in most cases ...
... observed , " from what political classes con- cubines were chiefly selected , as cohabitation with a foreign woman was strictly forbidden by law , and the provisions made by the state for virgins of Attic families must in most cases ...
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... observed , that if the husband connived or led his wife into the crime , it was a good defence or answer on her part , and he was punishable instead . The crime of stuprum differed from adultery , being committed with a virgin or widow ...
... observed , that if the husband connived or led his wife into the crime , it was a good defence or answer on her part , and he was punishable instead . The crime of stuprum differed from adultery , being committed with a virgin or widow ...
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... observe , is incorrect with respect to the latter offence * ; but which is never- theless correct , if Justinian had adopted the law of Constantine , before mentioned . To constitute stuprum , it was necessary that the woman should be ...
... observe , is incorrect with respect to the latter offence * ; but which is never- theless correct , if Justinian had adopted the law of Constantine , before mentioned . To constitute stuprum , it was necessary that the woman should be ...
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... observed , that in stuprum the father had not the same power over the life of his daughter as in the case of adultery ; but , as a general rule , a person was absolved from responsibility who killed another , found by him attempting to ...
... observed , that in stuprum the father had not the same power over the life of his daughter as in the case of adultery ; but , as a general rule , a person was absolved from responsibility who killed another , found by him attempting to ...
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... observed , does not permit a further investigation of these laws , nor are they very material to the subject- matter in hand . The space must be reserved for the consideration of modern codes established in Europe and elsewhere . The ...
... observed , does not permit a further investigation of these laws , nor are they very material to the subject- matter in hand . The space must be reserved for the consideration of modern codes established in Europe and elsewhere . The ...
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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.