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 be upon an Harlot to injure her yet more for her Generoity.

The Laws in being, have provided that no Fine can be levied upon a Wife's Etate, without her full and free Conent openly declared upon that Occaion.

Query, Would it be unreaonable if the ame Laws which ordained that no Fine hould be levied without her Conent, hould determine that her Conent hould alo be neceary in limiting the Ues of that Fine? The Law in requiring her Conent to the levying the Fine, eems to me to imply that he mut be a Judge of the Reaons for which it was levied.

Sometimes a Wife is wife enough to get a Deed executed firt, declaring the Ues of the ubequent Fine, which will ecure the Money from a Miapplication. But this is no more than a prudential Caution, which is only nor contrary to law, but is not required by it, conequently, cannot be called Part of the Law.

By the very Nature of the Marriage Contract, the Huband and Wife acquire a Property in each others Peron. Our Laws give the Huband the entire Dipoal of the Wife's Peron, but he does not eem to retain any Property in his; He may recover Damages of any Man who hall