Question — Bontempi, Palladium Theologicum V · from Schola Thomistica
Question XXII: Whether a husband can annul the vows of his wife made while she was under the authority of her father or of a first husband
I ASSERT first, that a husband can annul his wife's vows, which could have been annulled by the preceding equal dominion.
An Vir possit irritare Vota Uxoris, edita sub praecedenti dominatione patris, vel primi viri.
ASSERO primo, posse maritum irritare vota uxoris, quae poterant irritari a praecedenti aequali dominatione.
It is PROVED, because the husband succeeds to the place of the Father, and of the Tutor, and is equivalent to the first husband. And so, since that vow was made by the woman while she was still under the power of another, she could not solidly vow a stable vow; it follows that it is perfectly annulled by the successor to the preceding dominion. The same is to be said of the other persons having dominion. See Sanchez disp. 41.
PROBATUR, quia vir succedit in locum Patris, et Tutoris, et aequivalet primo viro. Itaque cum votum illud factum sit a foemina, dum adhuc erat sub potestate, et solide non poterat vovere stabile votum, sequitur, irritari perfecte a succedente praecedenti dominationi. Idem de aliis dominantibus dic. Vide Sanchez disp. 41.
I ASSERT secondly. Vows made with the permission of a prior husband, which could have been annulled by him, can also be annulled by the succeeding one. Say the same of the other superiors, provided the successors are equals. So D. Augustine holds, lib. 4. in Numer. quaest. 59. and it is reported cap. noluit, 33. quaest. 5. and there Hugo Archid. and Bellamera, and Sanchez disp. 41. num. 16. See him.
ASSERO secundo. Vota facta de licentia prioris mariti, quae poterant irritari ab illo, possunt etiam a succedente. Idem de aliis superioribus dic, dummodo succedant aequales. Ita habet D. Augustinus lib. 4. in Numer. quaest. 59. et refertur cap. noluit, 33. quaest. 5. et ibi Hugo Archid. et Bellamera, ac Sanchez disp. 41. num. 16. Vide ipsum.