A Topic of Moral Theology

A married woman's property

Her capacity; the Married Women's Property Acts; her will and intestacy.

Also asked about as…

a wife's own money (ed.)

In the index as Goods (Bona) · Wife (Uxor) · Children · Husband (Maritus) · Paraphernal goods · Alms of the wife · Dotal goods · Minor · A wife as to goods of fortune · Abandoned · Creditor opposing prescription · Dominion (Dominium) · Dowry (Dos) · Nuptial pacts · Spouses · "Dower," as widow's portion · "Dowry," as widow's portion · A husband has certain rights in the goods of the wife · Castrensian goods of children · Community · Curator of minors · Divorce · Donation (Donatio) · Dotal goods of wives

In the manuals

A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries

Vol. I, Bk. VI, Pt. VII, Div. I, Ch. III, Section III. Property Rights of Married Women, nn. 1 & 2 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Compendium of Moral Theology of Fr. John Peter Gury, S.J., with the Notes of Antonio Ballerini, S.J.

Vol. I, Treatise On Contracts, First Part. On Contracts i…, Ch. I, Art. II, § II. On Wives, nn. 766, 767, 768 & 769 (13 passages — hover a number to read it)

Synopsis of Moral and Pastoral Theology

Vol. III, Contracts, and the Obligat…, On the Virtue of Justice (…, Part I — Chapter I: On the Existence of Right, nn. 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157 & 158 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)

Theologia Moralis: Principles — Responses — Counsels

Vol. II, Bk. II, Tractate V: On Justice, Ch. II, Art. II, § 2. On Wives, nn. 376, 377 & 378 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Manuale Theologiae Moralis

Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. I, Q. I, Ch. III, Art. I, On The Dominion Of Spouses…, § 3. On The Dominion Of Spouses According To English Law, n. 20 — 20. 1. Just as French law and German law, so also English law recognizes two regimes of goods, namely legal and conventional. 2. The legal system now in force must be taken from the Married Women's Property Act, 1882, wh… Read in context →

Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. I, Q. I, Ch. III, Art. I, On The Dominion Of Spouses…, § 4. On The Dominion Of Spouses According To The Law Of North America, n. 21 — 21. 1. The United States of America does not, even today, have a uniform law concerning the goods of spouses, but diverse laws are in force in diverse states. 2. Nevertheless, generally there exists between spouses a per… Read in context →

Institutiones Morales Alphonsianae

Vol. I, Pt. II, Sect. II, Tr. VII, Diss. I, Ch. II, Art. II, § 2. On the Subject of Ownership in Particular, nn. ¶1, ¶2, ¶3, ¶858, ¶859, ¶860, ¶861, ¶862, ¶4, ¶863, ¶864, ¶865, ¶866, ¶867, ¶868, ¶869 & ¶870 (17 passages — hover a number to read it)

Theologia Moralis Sancti Alphonsi: Reduced into a Compendium

Vol. I, TREATISE ON RIGHT AND JUST…, FIRST PART: ON THE NATURE …, Ch. II, Art. I, § II. On the subject of dominion, nn. ¶2, ¶605, ¶606, ¶607, ¶608, ¶609, ¶610 & ¶611 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)

Vol. I, TREATISE ON CONTRACTS, FIRST PART: ON CONTRACTS I…, Ch. I, Art. II, § II. On Wives, nn. ¶840 & ¶841 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Vol. II, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Cardinal …, First Part: On Justice in …, Ch. II, Question Four: On the Subj…, Article II: On the Dominion of Wives, nn. 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187, 188, 189 & 190 (118 passages — hover a number to read it)

Treated under the broader heading Property Rights of Married Women — Noldin, Summa of Moral Theology · Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Commentaries (1910) · Sabetti-Barrett, Compendium of Moral Theology — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)