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Lawes Resolutions of Womens Rights: or, The Lawes Provision for Woemen
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Lawes Resolutions of Womens Rights: or, The Lawes Provision for Woemen
Date
1632
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text
Language
English
Place of Issue
London (England)
Genre
Statutes and codes
Location
Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation, River Campus Libraries, University of Rochester
Call number
2
HQ1297 .L41
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The Lawes Resolutions of Womens Rights: or, The Lawes Provision for Woemen (London, 1632). New York State followed English common law in regard to the right of women to retain their property after marriage. This 1632 compilation of laws regarding women states:<br>
<i>Whatsoever the Husband had before Coverture either in goods or lands, it is absolutely his owne, the wife hath therein no seisin at all…<br><br>
For thus it is, if before Marriage the Woman were possessed of Horses, Neate, Sheepe, Cowe, Wool, Money, Plate and Jewels, all manner of moveable substance is presently by coniunation the husbands, to sell, keepe, or bequeath if he die: And though he bequeath them not, yet are they the Husbands Executors and not the wives which brought them to her Husband.</i>
<i>Whatsoever the Husband had before Coverture either in goods or lands, it is absolutely his owne, the wife hath therein no seisin at all…<br><br>
For thus it is, if before Marriage the Woman were possessed of Horses, Neate, Sheepe, Cowe, Wool, Money, Plate and Jewels, all manner of moveable substance is presently by coniunation the husbands, to sell, keepe, or bequeath if he die: And though he bequeath them not, yet are they the Husbands Executors and not the wives which brought them to her Husband.</i>
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“Lawes Resolutions of Womens Rights: or, The Lawes Provision for Woemen,” RBSCP Exhibits, accessed March 14, 2025, https://rbscpexhibits.lib.rochester.edu/items/show/517.