Quote: (07-31-2018 01:22 PM)Hypno Wrote:
It’s based on the notion that your wife is your property rather than your liability
There is also an old fashioned tort of seduction for fornicating with an unmarried woman under false pretenses
The surprising thing is that a court today would enforce these
Those used to be "breach of promise to marry" laws, which punished men for having sex with women and then leaving instead of marrying. A big part of why those laws went the way of the Dodo was the introduction of the engagement ring, in theory worth three months wages as a sort of reverse dowry for marriage.
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