 But, if a man dies, and his widow soon after marries again, and a child is born within such a time as that by the course of nature it might have been the child of either husband ; in this case he is said to be more than ordinarily legitimate ; for he...  Elements of Medical Jurisprudence - Page 207by Theodric Romeyn Beck - 1825 - 640 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Sir William Blackstone - Droit - 1791 - 516 pages
...that by the courfc of nature it might have been the child of either hufband ; in this cafe he is faid to be more than ordinarily legitimate ; for he may, when he arrives to years of difcrction, choofe which of the fathers he pleafes q. To prevent this, among other inconvcniencies,... | |
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1797 - 430 pages
...by the courfe of nature it might have been the child of either huibar.d : in this cafe, he is faid to be more than ordinarily legitimate ; for he may, when he arrives to years of difcrttion, choofe which of the fathers he pleafes. To prevent this, among other inconveniences,... | |
 | Gilbert Hutcheson - Constables - 1806 - 918 pages
...by the courfe of nature, it might have been the child " of either hu&and ; in this cafe, he is faid to be more than " ordinarily legitimate } for he may, when he arrives to years " of difcretion, choofe which of the fathers he pleafes *." otken may hear and fear, and not... | |
 | Sir William Blackstone - Law - 1807 - 686 pages
...liable to loose it again, on the birth of a child within forty weeks from the. death of a husbandP. But if a man dies, and his widow soon after marries again,...within such a time, as that by the course of nature k might have been the child of either husband ; in this case he is said to be more than ordinarily... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1813 - 764 pages
...begotten by him. But this being a matter oT some uncertainty, the law is not exact a< to a few day?. But if a man dies, and his widow soon after marries again, and a ciiilcl is bom •within such a time as that by the course of nature it might have been the child of... | |
 | Thomas Potts - Law - 1815 - 836 pages
...him. — If a man dies, and his widow soon after marrie* again, and a child is born within such timr, as that by the course of nature it might have been...is said to be more than ordinarily legitimate: for, on his arriving at years of discretion, he may chuse which of the fathers he pleases. Co. Lit. 8. If... | |
 | Henry Potter - Justices of the peace - 1816 - 474 pages
...the death of the husband, that, by the usual time of gestation, they could not be begotten by him. If a man dies, and his widow soon after marries again, and a child is born within such time as that by the course of nature it might have been the child of either husband, he may when he... | |
 | Thomas Walter Williams - Law - 1816 - 1048 pages
...inconveniences, that which arises from a man's dying, and his widow soon af.er marrying again, and having a child born within such a time, as that by the course of nature it may be the child of either husband: in which case it is said to be more than ordinarily legitimate,... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1825 - 572 pages
...liable to lose it again, on the birth of a child within forty weeks from the death of a husband p. But if a man dies, and his widow soon after marries again,...ordinarily legitimate ; for he may, when he arrives to years of discretion, choose which of the fathers he pleases q. (11) To prevent this, among other... | |
 | Sir William Blackstone - Law - 1825 - 660 pages
...liable to lose it again, on the birth of a child within forty weeks from the death of a husband p. But if a man dies, and his widow soon after marries again,...ordinarily legitimate ; for he may, when he arrives to years of discretion, choose which of the fathers he pleases q. (11) To prevent this, among other... | |
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