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312 PROPERTY OF MARRIED WOMEN.
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p ri g w hts er t with o disp reference ose of her to pro it per as ty if hy she will were . We unmarrie propose d , , in and case shall of intestacy have full , to give widow a widow has in the same l rights in respect t of he all the _propertj" of her husband ,
providing as a at the same Eng time and that in respec when there of is a husba widow nd and 's personal no kindred property of the : her intestate and the , the other whole half property to the crown shall . belong to her , instead of one-half going to
of " her The propert husban y d , where the wife he survives has in res his pec wife t of , is to have property such where rights she in respect is the re su se rvivor rved . to Such her e p ve ow ers in England we prop ose th e terms confer of ' _^ on her the marriage wife are f tt requen lement tly
and we believe that the introduction y of the English property-law of husband of an - d succession wife would are not intended be acceptable . " to any of the classes for whom these rules
These are the views , so far as they have as yet been s made tatus known of women , held in by India the Commissio The rules ners proposed on the b proper them legal for
. y concise carrying * and their free recommendations from technical verbiage into . effect The are most remarkab importan ly t
discussing of those * which are as deal follows with : the particular subject we are now
pe any r " ty Kule ac t in t 5 . respect — No _~ rson p of er w s his on hon shall i or her , hy own she marriag m property arries e , acquire , nor , which become any lie interest or incap she ab could l in e of the have pro ng
done if unmarried . " .... . any Rule lineal 29 . e — sc " endan Where ts , one the -third intestate of his has property left a widow shall . belong ; if he to has his also widow left ,
to and the the rules rem herein aining contained two-thirds . shall If he go has to left his no lineal lineal descendants descendant , ac but cord has ing his left widow persons and who the are other of kind half red shall to him , one to those half his who property are of kindred shall belong , to him to go
in the order , and according to the rules herein contained : if he has left none , widow who are . " of kindred to Mm , the whole of his property shall belong to his
of " her Rule property 44 . —Th , e if husban she die d surviving intestate , his as wife the lias widow the has same in rig respect hts in respect of her ' husband " Rule ' s 51 property .. Every if he die intestate of the . " of 18 leteand of sound
mind , may dispose of his person property by age will . " years comp , which " Exp she lan could ation alienate 1 . —A married bher woman own act may during dispose her life by " will of any property
y . to " a Rule married 287 . — woman When probat she has e or all letters the powers of administration of an ordinary have been executor granted or administrator . " ,
_joroceeds The princi _, entail ples a thus variet enunciated y of minor variations will , of course from ,, the as the law work as it
laws exists relating in this - to country women , and upon there which are this severa first l report branches does of not the
may touch . As safe far ly as predi the c Commissioners ated that these are ot concerned her branch , we es think will b it
fa deal r t t with leg in isla a ture wisel wi y liberal endor sp se irit . nd It give remains effect to to be the seen recom how
mendations of the Commission .
312 Property Of Married Women.
312 PROPERTY OF MARRIED WOMEN .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), July 1, 1864, page 312, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01071864/page/24/
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