L
ti.
W.
39.)
hulknd .
T~ C(~urc
t:le gr¡otees againfl this Illoger, flll four yem
to~,-:h(r,
Ihat olher
r.1i.j'
fue !'cr :
,dl.er¡ncl.
r~:iliealia:H
"Me
iOlro!.¡;~.d, "h,rtU/ lh~
\Vif., "rpe,:r·
lí
ti,,;
I"s 00
ln~ét,
Ihe churdl illO pruce,d, firfl uy
iog .be:·or.
¡
j Jd,¡c. dcdJrts UPOII OJlh, her I.nlbaod nOI aJmonllion. Ihen by excoOllllunic..I;on : al l ",hich pre.
pr, fcnt , lhal
Ol~ w~s
001 induccd tO grdOl Ihe detU
'x
vi,)u, lIeps are d,clJrtd
\O
be
¡
1.'
"L.el: l ::lOlIr,J lor pur.
:Ji
J" ./
"'du.
A
wife's ratific.lli o is
001
ablululely ne- fnlog a ¿il'urce. ])(
I'I'~xi,
the COlO.llI,n:"i,¡ pronounce
ceOúy for !ú"nr;: Ihe gr,¡ntee: La,,' iodced allows Ihe fcr.llnce in the adhcr.oce, after one year's defenion ;
wife lObring rtduétion of any deed /he has nOI rdufied, bUI four years mufl imcrveoe btl\vceo lhe fi rfl defenion
upon thc hea.! uf t'orct vr ft u; of whilh, if Ole bl'ings and Ihe Jecrcc of I!ivol'cc.
{u,'!i"eot el'iJence, Ihe
d.ed\Vill be fel ,Iide; bUl if Ole
25. The legal l ll'eas of divoree on lhe head of defer.
fails io the prouf, il will rea..in eff<é\ual to lhe lecei"er. tioo are, Ihat Ihe offending hulb.lnu Ihall reflore the
20. 'Marriagc, Ilke olha eomraas, mighl. by lhe IOcher, and forf. il 10 Ihe \\ ife all her prcoiCions,
Jegal
ROU1~O
I_w, be dilfull'ed by Ihe cootrary confenl 01 par· and conl'tnlional; and on Ihe olher hano, Ihe olfendlOg
ties; bUI, by Ihe law of Scodand, il cannN be d,lfoJocd \Vife O,all forfeil 10 Ihe hulb. nd her loch." and . lIlhe
till dealh, except by divorce, p",ceed,ng mher upon
righl~ I h~1
lVould have bclonged 10 hrr, in Ihe cafe of
Ihe head of aduhery, Or of wilrul defenion.
her lurvivance. This
w¡S
alfo eJleemcd Ihe rule in divor.
21 . Marriage ISd:lfolved by dealh , eilher withio year m upon adullery BUI by a decilion of the coun of
aod day from il! belng COnmalO, or after ye" and
Set1i~n
1762, foundcd on a traa of aneicnl deeifions re.
day.
Ir
il is dilfoll'cJ wilhin year and day. •11 righ" covered frolO Ihe records, Ihe offendlng hulbaod ¡vas al,
granled in confid<talion of Ihe mmi'ge (unkfs guardo lowed 10 relaio Ihe IOcber.
ed againfl iD Ihe coomél) become
vOld,
and Ihlngs re
turn tO Ihe fame cOOllilloo io which Ihey flood bdore
Ihe marria&e; wilh ,his reflriélion, . Ihal Ihe hufband is
confidereJ as a
hono
jiJ,
polfclfor, io relation
10
wllJl he
1m confumed upon lhe faith of his right; but he is li.ble
I~
repay Ihe locher,
l'
ithou! any dedutlion in conCidera–
lioo of his family exponce during Ihe maniage.
If
tllI'lgS
cannUI be reltored on b,olh fid es, equity hllldm the re'
!loring of
ou~
party, and 001Ihe mh".
22.
U
pon Ihe ¿,lfolutiooof a marriage, afler year and
day, Ihe fu rv"'ing hurbano becomes the ;rrcvuCdble
p~o·
pn~lOr
of the lOeher 20d Ihe wife, I\'lll're /he funives,
js intided
\O
her j"iolure, or 10 her Irg:tl provifións.
She h.. 21fo
r;~hl
10
mourniogs. fuil ,hle
10
Ih~
"ulbAlld's
qu.dlty; ,lid 10 alimcny from lh: day of hís death
1111
Ihe term
31
which her
"f~reol
proviCiun, citl"'r legal or
conventiunal, commeoces. If a lil'i llg child be prucrea
led of Ihe marriage, Ihe marriage has Ihe f, me effea as
if il had
luuCiIt~d
beyond Ihe y,·ar.
t\
J,y is adjea" d
(Olhe year,
in m.,jIJ1 (1J/
(t·id:1JIiIJJ1J,
that
it
may clcarly
appear thal Ihe ye,r itfclf is
el~p!ld :
anu Ihel<'fure , 1"1'
rooning of any pm of
th~
day,
~rter
Ihe
~ear,
has Ihe
JaOle cRea as if Ihe whole "ere eh prcd. T h, leR.1lighl
of c"une'y competenl
10
Ihe lurviving
hu(b~nd
is ex–
p'lain<d belo',', T I!. xI·i 28 .
23. Divorce is fllch a fepar"li<>n of married petfon"
dUrJng Iheir "v" ,
"S
Inofé3 dllm flom Ihe nupli,lli"
. nd lea ves Ihcm
óI
f, eedúm
to
inl erJnHry "ilh odle, s.
Hut oeirher aJulwy, nor willu: d f",iun. 2fe g:cunds
\Vhich mull nec"lfJ, ily dilfuh'e marriage : t"'·y . re unly
h~ndles,
which the inj ured pany lItay 1.lke hold of, 10
be flee. CO!labilatiun. therclore, by Ihe InJured p.n y,
.fler bein)! in Ihe knnwledgc
01'
I"e atls of .dultery, iln'
plies a paOing.from· lhe inju,y; ,nu ,'o di voree
C••
n pro·
ceed, whie" is carried on '.ycunuCioo h:ll'lixllhc partics,
lell, c ,ntruy tO Ih, li,1I inl"lullon of ",,,,riate, Iboy
mi;:hl difengaRe Ibenlfclves bv their OIVn eonfenl :
wd
tlu.ugh afler divnree, lhe g'I;IIYpCIfun, as well as Ihe
inn,.,ccnt, may
c.!onlid8:
(ecund mar,í;'ges
i
yet In
Ihe
cafe nf divorce IIpon adultery, I>tmi tge is by 1¡IlClJI
JI~tUle proni ·md bd'.vix l the 111'0 Jdulll'rcrs.
21'
Wherc Cllr.-cr pdrly hJSd,ren·_d fro:n Ihe odm
Tit. 7.
01 Mil/orl,
nl/d
tbeir Tutorl
n71d
CtI:·
rator!.
l . T HE flages of life principally diflingui/hed in lalV
are,
putilla,i/J, pub" /J
or
min""f.
and
llinj. ,.ilf.
A
ehild is undcr pupdlarity, froOl the bi nh IdllourtCen
yem of age, ir ·a male, and lill lII'ell'e, if a female.
Mloorily begins where pupillarilYeods, and contiuues
tllI majollly, which,
by
Ihe la" of Scodand, is Ihe age
of IIVenty·one years complele, bOlh iomales and females:
B~I
minorilY, in a lug< f,r,fe, indudes all under age.
whelher pupíls, or
". bcw .
Becaufe
p~p¡b
(dnnOI iD
any degrtc aa for Ihemfdves, and 'minol's fclJomwitb
ddcrellon, pupds . re pUl by law under Ihe power of IU·
lors, , nd rolnors may pur themr. lves under Ihe direa ioD
of CUrdIO' S. TulO y IS a power and facult y 10 govern
Ih, perfon, aod adminifler the ellJlc of a pilpil Tutors
are ,ilher oonlinal<, 01 law, or dative
2
fI
IUlúr nomlnalCis he
11
ho is n".,ed by
¡
f" lher.
in his lellamcnl or olher wriliog.
10
a I..vful child.
St" h IUtOr is not nbligcJ 10 y,ive c:J ulion for lhe railhrul
d"rh,,~e
of hi, ,.Jljce ; becaufe
bj,
fiddlly is pl efumet!
10 hovc been Iulfi.icntly knu...,n tO Ihe falher.
3.
Ii
there be no nomi021iun b) Ihe fathe r, or if Ihe
tUlors
nominal~
do nOI accepl, Or ii' Ihc nOOlinalion falh
by d<ath or olhalV fe, time is place ior
~
\lltor of lalV.
Tltis fOil of IUlOr)' ucvolm upon Ihe neXI
~gnm ;
hy
IVhit h \Ve undrdbr.d he u·lto is neardl rd;¡led by Ihe fa–
Iher, thOllfoh
feOl, I~s
intervene..
4. \Vilere Ih,," "re IW') or more aRnales equa lly near
10 Ih, pUI"I, he WIOis intitled
10
Ihe pupil 's I(galluc.
c<llion t'ails 10 be preferred 1O' lh. otht rs. HUI" Ihe '
1.1\'1
lu rp'~s,
that h<llIay nO( be over c,tl lr"IIO preferv,
a lif,· whicn lI:tnd, in Ihe
w~y
of his OIVn inlmll, Ihis
fon of IUlor i, excil.ded f,olll Ihe euf",dy 01' lhe pupil's
p rfoo, whieh i, cuntmoltly cOOlmitleo
I~
Ihe Ololher,
wlllle " lVidolV r unullhe p"pil ue Ilven
yws
old; ,od.
in d,.fAUIt uf Ih- Olo"" r, 10 Ihe
O~XI
cngnal<,
I
e.Iheni;hc!l
rclll:on
by
the nJulher. The tUIOr of I.IIV IOUf! he a[
lealll.,eul)'·liVt ye"s d'Poe . Il e is fClI'c.1or "educd
by, jury of (WOIO meu, who , re e,IIltll ul'0o a bn,fllfi\.
iJ'i~