ABSTRACT
THough by the Law of Nature the Wife is put under the Obedience of her Husband, and Nature hath submitted her Will to his, and therefore will not bind her by her Acts joining with her Husband, because they are judged his Acts and not hers, in that she wants a Free Will; yet the Law of the Land for Necessity-Sake of Commerce, and the like, by a Law of Policy makes bold with this Law of Nature in special kind; and therefore allows a Fine levied by the Baron and Feme, because she is examined of her Free Will judicially by an authentick Person trusted by the Law and the King's Writ, and so taken in a fort as a sole Woman; so also when she comes in by Receipt.
