A Topic of Moral Theology
Property Rights of Married Women
The wife's dominion and administration of goods: dowry, paraphernalia, and common property.
The works themselves ask 13 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.
Within this topic
In the index as Goods · Wife · Children · Dominion · Husband · Paraphernal goods · Administration · Authors · Clerics · Dowry · Paraphernalia · Property · Spouses · A wife as to goods of fortune · Dotal goods · Profectitious Goods · Superfluous Things · A husband has certain rights in the goods of the wife · Adventitious · Alienation · Castrensian goods · Contracts · Labor · Parcimonial Goods
In the manuals
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Summa of Moral Theology (Summa Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. II, Part Second. On the Precep…, Book Sixth. On the Seventh…, Chapter First. On Ownership, Question Second. On Owners…, Article Fourth. On the Ownership of Spouses, nn. 376, 377 & 378 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)
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)
Manual of Moral Theology (Manuale Theologiae Moralis)
Vol. I, Bk. II, Tr. II, Diss. I, Pt. VII, Sect. I, Ch. I, Art. II, § II, Point II. On the Ownership of Spouses, n. 779 — The goods of spouses are distinguished into common and proper, according as they belong to both or to either one. It depends on the law what kind the goods of spouses are: whether common, or proper, or partly common and … Read in context →
Commentaries on the Nature of Moral Theology, on Conscience and Probabilism, on the Fourth Precept, and on the Sixth and Ninth Precepts of the Decalogue (Commentarii)
Bucceroni, Commentaries (1910), Third Commentary: On the F…, VII. The Rights and Obligations of Spouses Concerning Goods, nn. 105, 106 & 113 (4 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 Justice and Ri…, First Part. On the Nature …, Ch. II, Art. I, § II, Point II. On the Dominion of Wives, nn. 548, 549 & 550 (14 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. 151–165 (15 passages)
Manuale Theologiae Moralis
Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. I, Q. I, Ch. III, Article I. On The Dominion Of Spouses, nn. 15 & 16 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. I, Q. I, Ch. III, Art. I, On The Dominion Of Spouses According To Roman Law, n. 17 — 17. Roman law distinguished the wife's goods of three kinds, for example: 1. paraphernal, 2. dotal, 3. common. 1. Paraphernal goods (so called from the Greek words παρά, that is, besides, and φερνή, that is, dowry) are g… Read in context →
Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. I, Q. I, Ch. III, Art. I, On The Dominion Of Spouses According To The Civil Codes Of Certain Nations, n. ¶12 — Preliminary Note. The civil codes of diverse nations, in almost the same way as Roman law, distinguish between dotal, paraphernal, and common goods, and also, just as Roman law, attribute to the husband the administratio… Read in context →
Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. I, Q. I, Ch. III, Art. I, On The Dominion Of Spouses…, § 1. On The Dominion Of Spouses According To German Law, n. 18 — 18. 1. German law obliges, in the whole German Empire from the day 1 Jan. 1900, all citizens of that kingdom contracting marriage within the borders of Germany. If a German man contracts marriage outside Germany, he is s… Read in context →
Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. I, Q. I, Ch. III, Art. I, On The Dominion Of Spouses…, § 2. On The Dominion Of Spouses According To French Law, n. 19 — 19. General Rules: 1. Before marriage, the betrothed (if they are minors, the assistance of the father or guardian is required), as to their goods, have the faculty of entering into all pacts which they wish, provided th… Read in context →
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 →
Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. I, Q. I, Ch. III, Art. I, On The Dominion Of Spouses…, § 5. On The Dominion Of Spouses According To Austrian Law, n. 22 — 22. 1. Austrian law presumes separation of goods, unless the contrary has been established by an authentic pact. "If spouses have made no special agreement concerning the use of their property, then each spouse retains h… Read in context →
Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. I, Q. I, Ch. III, Art. I, On The Dominion Of Spouses…, § 6. On The Dominion Of Spouses According To Italian Law, n. 23 — 23. 1. In many things Italian law agrees with French law set forth above, and especially in the clause of the immutation of a contract entered after marriage. ("Matrimonial conventions of whatever species cannot be chang… Read in context →
Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. I, Q. I, Ch. III, Art. I, On The Dominion Of Spouses…, § 7. On The Dominion Of Spouses According To Spanish Law, n. 24 — 24. 1. In Spain Roman law still is in force, with a few modifications applied. Thus, for example, in Roman law dotal goods are greatly distinguished from paraphernal goods; but in Spanish law dotal and paraphernal goods … Read in context →
Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. I, Q. I, Ch. III, Art. I, On The Dominion Of Spouses…, § 8. On The Dominion Of Spouses According To Swiss Law, n. 25 — 25. General Rules. 1. According to the new Swiss law obliging in all Switzerland from the day 1 Jan. 1912, a conjunction of goods is in force between spouses (Güterverbindung), unless something else has been expressly st… Read in context →
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)
Compendium of Moral Theology
Vol. I, Tr. VIII, Pt. I, Ch. II, Art. I, § II. On the Subject of Dominion, nn. 354, 355, 356, 357, 358, 359, 359, Q. 2, 359, Q. 3, 360, 361, 362, 362, Q. 2, 363, 364 & 364, Q. 2 (15 passages — hover a number to read it)
Vol. I, Tr. IX, Pt. I, Ch. II, Art. II, § II. On Wives, nn. 484 & 485 (2 passages — hover a number to read it)
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: 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)
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)
Treated under the broader heading Who May Own Property — McHugh–Callan, Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)