The law rarely hesitates in declaring its own meaning; but the Judges are frequently puzzled to find out the meaning of others.

The husband and wife are one, and that one is the husband.

There is nothing which so generally strikes the imagination and engages the affections of mankind, as the right of property.

By marriage the husband and wife are one person in law, that is, the very being or legal existence of the woman is suspended during marriage.

Man must necessarily be subject to the laws of his Creator. This will of his Maker is called the Law of Nature. This Law of Nature is superior to any other. No human laws are of any validity if contrary to this.

No outward doors of a man's house can in general be broken open to execute any civil process; though in criminal cases the public safety supersedes the private.

No enactment of man can be considered law unless it conforms to the law of God