...classic Commentaries on the Laws of England (1765) acknowledges, but does not support this latter view: The husband also (by the old law) might give his wife moderate correction. [. . .] But this power of correction was confined within reasonable bounds; and the husband was prohibited...

...(RePrinted from the British Copy, Page for Page with the Last Edition 1771). 4 Id. Blackstone wrote: The husband also (by the old law) might give his wife...her misbehavior, the law thought it reasonable to entrust him with this power of restraining her, by domestic chastisement, in the same moderation that...

...tradition, a husband : might give his wife moderate correction. For as he is to answer for her misbehaviour, the law thought it reasonable to intrust him with...power of restraining her, by domestic chastisement . . . But this power of correction was confined within reasonable bounds.24 Although the use of physical...

...commentator on eighteenth-century law, Sir William Blackstone, wrote that according to tradition, a husband: might give his wife moderate correction. For as he is to answer for her misbehaviour, the law thought it reasonable to intrust him with this power of restraining her, by domestic...

...discussing the rights and responsibilities of husbands vis-a-vis their wives, said of English common law: The husband also (by the old law) might give his wife...moderate correction. For, as he is to answer for her misbehaviour, the law thought it reasonable to intrust him with this power of restraining her, by domestic...

...instances in which she is separately considered; as inferior to him, and acting by his compulsion .... THE husband also (by the old law) might give his wife...her misbehavior, the law thought it reasonable to entrust him with this power of restraining her, by domestic chastisement, in the same moderation that...

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...Blackstone, writing the Commentaries on the Laws of England (1765-1769), stated: For as (the husband) is to answer for her misbehavior, the law thought it reasonable to entrust him with this power of chastisement, in the same moderation that a man is allowed to correct...