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.

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

The public good is in nothing more essentially interested, than in the protection of every individual's private rights.

So great moreover is the regard of the law for private property, that it will not authorize the least violation of it; no, not even for the general good of the whole community.

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.

The Bible has always been regarded as part of the Common Law of England.