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 in the Law, that the Money was irrecoverable.

If the Huband is not obliged to repay the Money for which he had given his own Bond, becaue another Peron would be cheated by it, much les hall he be obliged to repay that Money, which his Wife borrowed before Marriage in Order to cheat him.

As there are more Intances in which Men can impoe upon Women, in the Repreentation of their Circumtances before Marriage, than there are in which~Women can impoe upon Men; o Men can ecretly pay their Debts, after Marriage, which Women cannot; which mut necearily make them more cautious how they conceal or mirepreent their Circumtances, ince that mut expoe them to the Reentment of an injured Huband, who, as he has the Power of, would eldom want the Inclination to Revenge.

Whooever makes any Obervations of this Kind, will (I believe) find in Fact, that Men uffer very little from being anwerable for their Wives Debts contracted before Marriage, in Comparion to what Women uffer, from their Fortunes being liable to pay their Hubands Debts contracted before Marriage. Obj. VI.