 An act of parliament may not make adultery lawful, that is, it cannot make it lawful for A. to lie with the wife of B. but it may make the wife of A. to be the wife of B. and dissolve her marriage with A.  The standard model and beyond - Page 282edited by - 1903 - 428 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Charles Viner - 1793 - 720 pages
...Wond. So an an ot paiham nt may not nukt aJaliery ¡a~,ufu!, that is, it, cannot make it lawful for Л. to lie with the wife of B. but it may make the wite of A. to be the wife of B. and diffolve her marriage with A. 1'cr Holt Ch. J. 12 Mod. 6äü. in... | |
 | Great Britain. Courts - 1796 - 840 pages
...mature; but it cannot make one that lives under a government judge and party. An adt of parliament may not make adultery lawful, that is, it cannot make...B. but it may make the wife of A. to be the wife of 5. and diffolve her marriage with .//. Objefiion. My Lord Mayor, as he is head of the corporation,... | |
 | Sir Edward Coke - 1826 - 552 pages
...nature: but it cannot make une " who lives under a government judge and ' party. An act of parliament may not ' make adultery lawful, that is, it cannot ' make it lawful for A. to lie with the wife ' of В.: but it may make the wife of A. to ' be the wife of Bf, and dissolve her niar1 riagewithA." Vid.... | |
 | 1908 - 714 pages
...wife of D," is viewed otherwise by Lord Holt in City of London v. Wood, 1 who says that Parliament " may make the wife of A to be the wife of B," though he agrees that there are natural law limitations on legislative authority. This striking example... | |
 | Brinton Coxe - 1893 - 446 pages
...nature ; but it cannot make " one who lives under a government judge and party. An "act of parliament may not make adultery lawful, that is, " it cannot...be the wife of B., and "dissolve her marriage with A."J Coke' s decision was made long before the Revolution of * 12 Modern Reports, 669, 687. 1 12 Modern,... | |
 | Indiana State Bar Association (1916- ) - 1899 - 272 pages
...of nature; but it cannot make one who li^es under a government judge and party. An act of Parliament may not make adultery lawful — that is, it cannot...the wife of B, and dissolve her marriage with A." This doctrine of Lord Coke received general recognition in the colonies. We are told that in 1688 "the... | |
 | Amasa Mason Eaton - 1902 - 92 pages
...adjudge such act to be void." See also City of London vt. Wood, 12 Mod. 669. " An act of Parliament may not make adultery lawful ; that is, it cannot make it lawful for A to lie with the wife of B and dissolve her marriage with B." 8 Rep. at 118 a. See also Doctor and Stud. 154 ; Day ». Savadge,... | |
 | American Bar Association - 1902 - 880 pages
...adjudge such act to be void." See also City of London vt. Wood, 12 Mod. 669. " An act of Parliament may not make adultery lawful ; that is, it cannot make it lawful for A to lie with the wife of B and dissolve her marriage with B." 8 Rep. at 118 a. See also Doctor and Stud. 154 ; Day p. Savadge,... | |
 | Amasa Mason Eaton - 1903 - 52 pages
...the same thing, judge in his own cause, it would be a void act of parliament . An act of parliament may not make adultery lawful, that is, it cannot make...Reports by JH Thomas & JQ Fraser, London, 1826, vol. 4— pp. 375 and 376. »s After advising his readers to "follow the draught now generally used in the... | |
 | Roscoe Pound - 1913 - 660 pages
...nature; but it cannot make one that lives under a government judge and party. An act of parliament may not make adultery lawful, that is, it cannot make...be the wife of B. and dissolve her marriage with A. This notion that there is an appeal from legislation to common right and reason or to the law of nature,... | |
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