The lavves resolutions of womens rights: or, The lavves prouision for woemen A methodicall collection of such statutes and customes, with the cases, opinions, arguments and points of learning in the lavv, as doe properly concerne women. Together with a compendious table, whereby the chiefe matters in this booke contained, may be the more readily found.

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Title:	The lavves resolutions of womens rights: or, The lavves prouision for woemen A methodicall collection of such statutes and customes, with the cases, opinions, arguments and points of learning in the lavv, as doe properly concerne women. Together with a compendious table, whereby the chiefe matters in this booke contained, may be the more readily found.
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A PREFACE TO THE READER.

TO THE READER.

THE TABLE.

THE WOMANS LAWIER.

SECT. I.

SECT. II. The Creation of Man and Woman.

Now Man and Woman are one.

Of Hermaphrodites.

SECT. III. The punishment of Adams sinne.

SECT. IV. The Ages of a Woman.

SECT. V. A Woman compellable to serve.

SECT. VI. Of Heires.

SECT. VII. Of the right Line.

SECT. VIII. Where the manner of gift altereth the discent.

SECT. IX. Where a woman comming to lands shall retaine them, &c.

West. 1. ca. 22.

Littletons words upon this statute in his 2. booke cap. 4.

A suspition of Littletons error.

Glanvill ibro. 7. cap. 12.

Bracton his 2. Booke cap. 37.

SECT. X. How the law came to a certainty in the point of a womans being out of ward.

SECT. XI. A search for the true reason, why a woman is hors du garde, at the age of 14. yeares.

SECT. XII. How a woman that hath beene in ward, shall come by her land.

SECT. XIII. Of Parceners.

SECT. XIII. Difference betweene partners and jointenants.

SECT. XV. Difference betweene partners and tenants in common.

SECT. XVI. Difference of partners from both jointenants and tenants in Common.

SECT. XVII. Of the Nuper obiit.

SECT. XVII. Of the writ of right de rationabili parte.

SECT. XVIII. Of Partition.

SECT. XIX. Of partition by Writt.

By whom, and how the Writt of partition must be brought at this day.

The manner of partition by Writ, &c.

Bractons partition.

SECT. XX. of Hotch pott, according to Littleton.

How partition may be auoyded.

SECT. XXI. How Partition shall bee auoided when it is by Iudgement.

SECT. XXII. Of the coherence betweene Partners after diuision.

SECT. XXIII. By what manner of acquisition the ouer-liuer taketh the part of a Co-heire when she dyeth.

SECT. XXIIII. Of Contribution

SECT. XXV. What seruice belongeth only to the eldest par∣cener to doe.

THE WOMANS LAWIER. The second BOOKE.

SECT. I. Of Marriage, according to the Ciuill and Common Law.

SECT. II. Of Sponsion or first promising.

SECT. III. Of publike Sponsion.

SECT. IIII. Of secret Sponsion.

SECT. V. The validity of the Desponsation.

SECT. VI. The nature of the Condition.

SECT. VII. How long the performance of promise is to bee excepted.

SECT. VIII. In what case the betrothed may refuse one another.

SECT. IX. By what authoritie Spousals are to bee vndone.

SECT. X. Of Matrimony contracted in the present time, and who may contract.

SECT. XI. Impediment of Marriage by Kindred and Consanguinitie.

SECT. XII. The impediment of Marriage by Affinitie.

SECT. XIII. Diuersitie of Religion.

SECT. XIV. Of feare and constraint.

SECT. XV. Of Marriage detestable made.

SECT. XVI. Marriage forbidden by publique Constitution.

SECT. XVII. Of Polygamie.

SECT. XVIII. What words are requisite.

SECT. XIX. The Accidents of Marriage.

SECT. XX. Wherefore Marriage ought to be made.

SECT. XXI. The Consummation and indiuiduitie of Marriage.

SECT. XXII. Of Diuorce.

SECT. XXIII. Causes of Diuorce.

SECT. XXIV. Impotencie or Disabilitie of Procreation.

SECT. XXV. Marriages inter ascendentes & descendentes.

SECT. XXVI. Captiuitie or long absence of one which is married.

SECT. XXVII. That no crime dissolueth marriage.

SECT. XXVIII. The Authoritie of the ordinarie Iudge, &c.

SECT. XXIX. Statutes concerning Marriage.

SECT. XXX. With what persons Women may not marry.

SECT. XXXII. Of Wooing.

SECT. XXXII. The Condiments of Loue.

SECT. XXXIII. Of Franke Marriage.

SECT. XXXIV. The Gift must bee Franke.

SECT. XXXII. The gift must be to a Woman, &c.

SECT. XXXVI. It may be tempore Matrimonij, an∣te, vel post.

SECT. XXXVI. The word Franke Marriage maketh Inheritance.

SECT. XXXVIII. The Accompt of the Degrees.

SECT. XXXIX. A Woman giues Lands to one to marry her.

SECT. XLI. Marriage.

SECT. XLII. Seisin.

SECT. XLIII. No Courtesie of reuersion after estate for life.

SECT. XLVII. No Courtesie of a bare vse.

SECT. XLVIII. What Husband may be Tenant by the Courtesie, and of what estate.

SECT. XLIX. Of speciall Taile.

SECT. LI. A Childe borne beginneth the title of Courtesie.

SECT. LII. What if the Childe die.

SECT. LVI. The Husband must be seised.

SECT. LVII. Matrimony may be, and yet no Dower.

SECT. LVIII. What Seisin is requisite in a Husband.

SECT. LIX. There must be in the Husband an Inheritance not cut from the Franke Tenant.

SECT. LX. Of what things Dower is granted.

SECT. LXI. Of what things Dower is not granted.

SECT. LXII. Of what estate of Inheritance the Husband must bee seised.

SECT. LXIII. Where Dower is giuen or not giuen of an estate determined.

SECT. LXIV. How much and how a woman shall hold in Dower.

SECT. LXV. Lesse or more then a third part.

SECT. LXIX. Of Dower at the Church doore.

book 3

section 1

SECT. II. Baron and Feme one person.

SECT. III. Baron & feme cannot infeoffe one another.

SECT. IIII. In what sort things may passe betwixt Ba∣ron and Feme.

SECT. VI. Touching seruitude.

SECT. VII. The Baron may beate his Wife.

SECT. VIII. That which the Husband hath is his owne.

SECT. XI. Of the Wiues interest of affaires be∣fore Marriage.

SECT. XII. Of Infancie.

SECT. XIII. Acts, &c. of a Feme sole being full Age.

SECT. XIII. Of Acts done by a Feme Couert.

SECT. XIV. Of Elopement.

SECT. XV. The Husbands power in Lands, which the Wife holdeth in Dower or otherwise for life.

SECT. XVII. Losse of Dower by the Husbands attainder.

SECT. XVIII. The Husbands power in his wiues inheritance, and of discontinuance.

SECT. XIX. Of a Remitter.

SECT. XVII. Mr. Littletons glosse vpon the Statute of Glocester.

SECT. XXI. Dyers Exposition.

SECT. XXII. The Statute of 32. H. 8. ca. 28.

SECT. XXIII. The Exposition.

SECT. XXIV. Law before the Statute.

SECT. XXV. Obseruations vpon the very Statute▪

The last part of the Statute. SECT. XXVI.

SECT. XXVII. Whether acceptance or taciturnity may not take away an entry at this day.

SECT. XXVIII. Of Fines.

SECT. XXIX. Of common recoueries.

SECT. XXX. of Iointures.

SECT. XXXI. A part of 27. H. 8. ca. 10.

SECT. XXXII. The Exposition.

SECT. XXXII. The Words, Land, Tenement or Hereditament.

SECT. XXXIII. Estates Taile.

SECT. XXXV. Estate for Life, &c.

SECT. XXXVI. Estate to the vse of Baron and Feme.

SECT. XXXVII. How a Woman may haue a Ioynture and Dower, and how neither Ioynture nor Dower.

SECT. XXXVII. The first Prouiso for Dower vpon euiction of Ioynture.

SECT. XXXVIII. In what case a Woman may refuse her Ioynture to demand Dower.

SECT. XXXIX. What is a sufficient refusall or agreement of or to a Iointure made after Couerture.

SECT. XL. Of Actions brought by Baron and Feme, or by one of them.

SECT. XLI. Where the Baron shall sue onely in his owne name.

SECT. XLII. When a Wife may sue or be sued alone.

SECT. XLIII. Of Felonies.

SECT. XLIV. Of Treasons.

SECT. XLV. Actions by Baron and Feme together.

SECT. XLVI. Actions against Baron and Feme.

SECT. XLVII. Of Fourching.

SECT. XLVIII. The Baron and Feme appeare.

SECT. XLIX. Outlarie of Baron and Feme or of one of them.

SECT. L. Of Diuorce.

THE WOMANS LAWYER. The fourth BOOKE.

SECT. I. Of Executorship and Administration.

SECT. II. Aresonble part of the goods.

SECT. III. Of Quarentine.

SECT. IV. Assignement of Dower.

SECT. V. who may assigne Dower.

SECT. VI. Assignement to her selfe, or de la pluis beale.

SECT. VII. Assignement of Dower by the King. Statutum prerogatiue ca 4 fact. 17. Ed. 2.

SECT. VIII. Suit for Dower at the Common Law.

SECT. IX. Plees in a writ of Dower.

SECT. X. Deteiner of Euidence.

SECT. XI. Deteining of the heire.

SECT. XII. Possession in the Demandant.

SECT. XIII. Ne vnques seisi que Dower, &c.

SECT. XIV. Recouerie against the husband.

SECT. XV. Ne vnques accouple, &c.

SECT. XVI. Plea that te Baron is ye aliue.

SECT. XVII. Iudgement.

SECT. XVIII. The Writ de recto de dote.

SECT. XIX. What thing shall be assigned in Do, &c.

SECT. XX. New Indowment.

SECT. XXI. Admeasurement of Dower.

SECT. XXII. The charge of Dower.

SECT. XXIII. Of the cui in vita.

S•CT. XXIV. west 2. Case 3.

SECT. XXV. The Sur ui in vita.

SECT. XXIV. The dfrciat.

SECT. XXVII. Admonition for women to take heed of him in the reuersion.

SECT. XXVIII. Of Waste.

SECT. XXIX. The Writ of Entrie in casu prouiso.

SECT. XXX. The Writ if Enirie in Casa coasimili.

SECT. XXXI. The Writ of Entrie ad communem legem.

SECT. XXXII. More of forfeitures, and how a particular Tenant may forfeit his estate without alienation.

SECT. XXXIII. The Statute of 11. H. 7. cap 20.

SECT. XXXIV. The Expsition.

SECT. XXXV. What Actions concerning chattells doe suruie a widdow.

SECT. XXXVI. A to marri so, it be not vncertaine who shall her to the▪

THE WOMANS LAWYER. The fifth BOOKE.

SECT. I. Appeale of the husbands death.

SECT. II. How a woman shall sue this Appeale.

SECT. III. The Statute 3. H. 7. cap. 1.

SECT. IV. Within what Countie an Appeale must be brought.

SECT. V. Before whom appeale shall be sued.

SECT. VI. Of Appeale by Writ.

SECT. VII. Diuers appeales for one felony is but in few Cases.

SECT. VIII. The Declaration in Appeale.

SECT. VIIII. Defence in Appeale.

SECT. X. Pleas to the Writ.

SECT. XI. Pleas in Barre of the Action.

SECT. XII. Auterfoits acquit.

SECT. XIII. Auterfoits attainted.

SECT. XIV. Clergie.

SECT. XV. The Kings pardon.

SECT. XVI. Dammages in Appeale.

SECT. XVII. West. 2. ca. 1.

SECT. XVIII. Of the old Law.

SECT. XIX. King Edmunds Law.

SECT. XX. Of Rape.

SECT. XXI. Rauishment i in two sorts.

SECT. XXII. The old Law of libidinous Rape.

SECT. XXIII. West. 1. cap. 14. anno 3. E. 1.

SECT. XXIV. West. 2. cap. 5.

SECT. XXV. 6. Richard. 2. cap. 6.

SECT. XXVI. 31. H. . cap. 9.

SECT. XXVII. 3. H. 7. c. 2.

SECT. XXVIII. 4. & 5. Phi. & Mar. cap. 8.

SECT. XXIX. Appeal of rape.

SECT. XXX. Within what time Appeales of Rape must be commenced.

SECT. XXXI. Wihin what Countie Appeale of Rape shall be brought.

SECT. XXXII. The Declaration in Appeale of Rape.

SECT. XXXIII. Pleas to the wit.

SECT. XXXIV. Pleas to the Action.

SECT. XXXV. A question what is meant by rauishment with force, in Wst. 2. cap. 34.

SECT. XXXVI. De muliere abducta cum bonis, &c.

SECT. XXXVII. The case of Elizabeth Venor.

SECT. XXXVIII. The Statute 18. Eliz. cap. 7.

SECT. XXXIX. The Statute 39. Eliz. cap. 9.

SECT. XL. The Conclusion.