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The laws respecting women : as they regard their natural rights, or their connections and conduct : in which their interests and duties as daughters, wards, heiresses, spinsters, sisters, wives, widows, mothers, legatees, executrixes, &c. are ascertained and enumerated : also, the obligations of parent and child, and the condition of minors.
Making of the Modern World, Part 1: The Goldsmiths'-Kress Collection, 1450-1850 Available online
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- Book
- Series:
- Making of the modern world
- Making of the Modern World
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women--Legal status, laws, etc--Great Britain.
- Women.
- Women--Legal status, laws, etc.
- Parent and child.
- Great Britain.
- Children--Legal status, laws, etc--Great Britain.
- Children.
- Children--Legal status, laws, etc.
- Parent and child--Great Britain.
- Bristol, Elizabeth Chudleigh, Countess of, 1720-1788.
- Bristol, Elizabeth Chudleigh.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Printed for J. Johnson, 1777.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Book the 1st. Of the laws that respect the personal security, rights, and privileges of women
- bk. the 2nd. Of the laws respecting the property of women
- bk. the 3rd. Of the crimes committable by, and with women, and their punishments
- bk. the 4th. Of the laws concerning parents and children, and the interests of infants.
- Notes:
- "The whole laid down according to the principles of the common and statute law, explained by the practice of the courts of law and equity, and describing the nature and extent of the ecclesiastical jurisdiction. In which are inserted a great variety of curious and important decisions in the different law courts, and the substance of the trial of Elizabeth, Duchess Dowager of Kingston, on an indictment for bigamy, before the House of Peers, April 1776."
- Includes Index.
- Reproduction of original from Goldsmiths' Library, University of London.
- Goldsmiths'-Kress no. 11626.
- Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited to licensing agreements. s2005 miunns
- OCLC:
- 65330918
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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