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Ihem

ful:Jirl¡, ,·¡·,

i.· c. if her o',I'n fepa:m enale is nOI

fullici~nt

rJy

th~m

ofF,

11 ,

Whm Ihe wife is debtor

toat

ton

of dcbl,

which, if ir liad been doc tO her, woold have excluJcd

the

ju/ ",ariti,

in bonds bcaring inlerdl, rhe huf·

band is li.ble onll' for the bygon" interens, and thofe tha!

may grow upon rhe debr dllring Ihe marriage; becaufe

his

obli~arions

for her debrs mull be eommehfurmd rorhe

inreren he has in her

efl~re

Ir is the hulb1nd.Ione who

is liable in perfonal diligcn:e for his wife's debls, while

the marriage fubr, lls : The wife, who is rhe prorer deb'

tor, is free from

,111

perfon¡l excclltion upon rhem while

lbe is

wjlila viro,

12,

The hulbJod by mmiage becomes rhe perrelu¡1

curator of Ihe wife, From rbis right it arifes,

That

J10

fuir can proceed againfl rhe wife, till rhe hulband be

cired for his intmlt,

AII deeds, done by a wife

wirh?ut the hulbaDd', eonfem, are null; neither eao fhe

fue in any aaion wirhout rhe hulband's eoncurrenee.

Where Ihe hufband refufes, or by reafon of forfeiture,

'Óc.

cannot eooeur; or where rhe aaion is tObe brought

2gainll rhe hulband himfelf, fo r performiog his pan of

the marriage·arricles; rhe judge will aUlhorife her ro fue

In her own name. The effetts arifing from rhis eumo·

rial power difcover th<mfelve, even beforemarrilge, npon

the pu!Jliearioo of banns; afrer whieh the bride, Deing

no longer

fr/i jr/rÍ!,

can contral't no debt, nor do aoy

deed, either tOthe prejudiee of her future hulbaod, nor

even to her own ,

13.

If the hufband fhould eirher withdraw from bis

wife, nr lurn her our of doors; or if, eominuing in fa·

mily with her, he fhould by .fevere trearment endanger

her life; rhe ComnIlO'ric' will authorife

fepantion

'1n,Q(#

10/'0,

and gire afeparare alimonytO rhe wife, fuir.

able ro her huCoand'senare, from Ihe lime of fuchfepara.

tioo, unlil either

reconciliarion or a femeoce

divorce.

14,

Cmain obligations of rhe.wife are valid, notwirh,–

fhoding ber

beingfuh 'curn

lJIarili; ,x. gr,

nbligations

arifi og fromdelia ; for wives have no priviJege to comm!1

crimes. Hur if the punifhmenr refolves into a peeuniarr'

mula, Ihe execution of it mllfl, from her incapaeity ro

fu161, be fufpended riJl the di(folurion of the marriage,

unlefs rhe wife has' a feparare eflale exempted from th:

jUJ

IIJtlrili ,

15.

Obligarions arifing from

eo~tral't,

a!fea eirherthe

perfoo' or rhe eJlm. Thé IJWhas been fo emful ro

proteél \I'ives, while

fub

(/Irtl mari/i,

thar al! perfona!

oblig.rions granted by a wife, though with the hufband',

confenr,

bonos, bilis,

.6c.

are null; \I'irh the follolVing

exceptions:

l .

Where Ihe wife gers a feparale

pr'cu/ium

or floek, eirher from her falher or a fl ranger, for her

oIVn or her children's alimony, fhe mal' graot perfonal

obligarions in ¡elarion tO fueh floek; antl by flronger

reafon, perfooal oblig3lions crar.red by a \Vife are good,

when her perfonis aélually wilhdrawnfromher hufband's

pOIVer, by a judici¿1fepmrion.

2 .

wife's perfo nal

obligalion, granted in rhe formof a deed

inl" viv,t,

valid, ifit is nor totake rfl'ca ril! herdcarh.

\Vhere

Ihe \Vife is by Ihe hulb,md

,,,,,,pojita JI'goltÍ!.

entrufled

with the managemenr , eir l er of a particular branch of

bufioefs, or of his ",hole a[ .irs, alllhe contraéls fhe en·

·W.

rers inro

the cxereife of her

,~·,f:t jilllrJ,

are

el1'~3ual.

even thoue" rhey b.: nor

"Jue~d

IJ w ..iring, but fllould

arif~

mercly

froOl fu rnilhings mIde ro her : But

(uch obligalions

h.ve

\lO

fore~

ag,,,nll rhe

wif~ ;

ir is rhe

hulb.nd

only, by whofe

eomnlllT:~n

fhe aéls,

w~o

rhereby obhged.

16.

A \Vire, while fhe remaiosin famil yw;rh herhul'

band, is confidered as

pr<Lt'ojita n,'C,¡iÍ! d'lhllicÍ!;

and

confequcntly nlay provide Ihings proper for Ihe family,

for rhe

pri~e

IVhereof rhe hulbaod is li,lble, Ihou.h rhey

fhould be mif. pplieo, or though Ihe hulbJnd fllOllid have

given her money ro prol'ide themelfe\\here, A hufband,

who furpeas rhar his wife may hun his fortune by hinil

living, m,IY ufe Ihe remedy or inhihirion againn her

whieh all perfons are inlerpelled from comraéling \Viril

her, or giviog her credit. Afler rhe eomplering of this

diligence, whereby

th~

/,rd.'toJitura

falls, the wife cannot

bind rhe hufband, unlefs for fueh reafonablc furnifhingl

as he eannot inJl rua thar he provided·her wilh

aliund,;

As every manoand confcqucntly every hulb,lnd, hasa right

to remove his managers al fleafure, inhibition may p.f,

al Ihe fui r of rhe hu!band againn the wife, thOllgh he

fhou~d

nor offer' ro juflify Ihar m-afure by an aaual proor

of rhe extravagance or profufencfs of hcr lemper.

. 17.

As to righlS gramd by rhe \Vife afFcétiog her e.

fiare; (he has no moyeable eflale, except her

parapher'

nalia;

an¡l thefe fhe mal' alieo or impignorare, wirh eori·

fem of the

huflían~ ..

She cao, withollr the hufband, be:

queath by

lefl~menr

her fhare of rhe goods iD communion;

b:1I fhe eannot difpofe of them

inl,r viv,/,

A wife caft

lawfully oblige herfelf; io relalion tO her herirable eflate r,

With

eonf~nt

of her hclband; for rhough her perroo isin

fome fenfe funk by the mmiage, fhe continues capable

of holding a «al eflare; aod in fueh obligallons, her e'·

flm is coofidered, and nor her perfon

A hufband;

th'ough he be curaror ro his \Vife, can, by his accepranee

'Or intcrvenli?n, aurhorife rights granted by her in his

OIVO favo,ur; for a huiband's curatory is norinrended only

(or the wife's advanlage, but is confioered as a murual

benefir to borh ,

1 ~.

AII ' donarions. wherher by the wife to the

huf·

band, Or by rhe huiband .

the \Vife, are revocable

lhe donor; bOl if rhe donor dies ",ithout revocation; the

right beeomcs abfolule. Where Ihe donatinn il not pure,

it is oor fubjea

rcvocatinn: Thus, a grant made

Ihe hufband, in coofeqvenee of the narural obligadon

that lies upon him to provide for his

ife, is nor reyoca·

ble, unlefs in fo

as it exeeeds the mearure of a ratiri·

nal (enlrncnt; neither are remunerarorygranrs revoCdble,

where mUtual grams are made in eonfideralion of eaeh

orher, exeept where an onUOU5 eaufe is fimulared, or

where whar is given

hillc illd(

be", no proportion

eaeh other. AII volunrary eOntraas of fepdfation, by

whieh Ihe wife is prov,ded in an ymly . limony, are ef·

fcaual as ro rbe lime p.n, bUI rcvo. ab!e ci lher hy Ihe

hufband or wife.

19.

As wil'es are in the

nrong~n r1er.r~e

fuhjeét lo the

iofluence of rh,'ir hulUanda, rhl,,1 pmlos, in whof.· fa·

<ours Ihey 1",,1 made gr,lnts, l"""

fr~qt:endy

I'exed

\Vith aaions of

redlléti~n ,

as if Ihe gl3nt h30

IUII

ex·

toned (rom Ihe

w;~,

rhroJrh the fot ce or flH of

t ~IC

hu~