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Contents

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Authorities cited or referred to with Mode of Citation xiii
Table of Law Reports with Mode of Citation xviii
Table of Cases xx
Table of Statutes xxix
General Introduction 1
Appendix: How far the Statute Law of Holland obtains in the Colonies 24

Book I. The Law of Persons

Chapter I. Birth, Sex, Legitimacy 28
Section 1. Birth 28
Section 2. Sex 28
Section 3. Legitimacy 28
Chapter II. Parentage 31
A. The reciprocal duty of support 31
B. The parental power and its consequences 32
Chapter III. Minority 37
Chapter IV. Guardianship 44
Section 1. The Kinds of Guardians and the Appointment of Guardians 44
Section 2. Who may be Guardians 50
Section 3. The Powers, Rights, and Duties of Guardians 52
Section 4. Actions arising out of Guardianship 60
Section 5. How Guardianship ends 63
Chapter V. Marriage 64
Section 1. The Contract to Marry 64
Section 2. The Legal Requisites of Marriage 66
Section 3. The Legal Consequences of Marriage 77
Section 4. Ante-nuptial Contracts 83
Section 5. Dissolution of Marriage 98
Section 6. Miscellaneous Matters relating to Marriage 100
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