Excerpt from An Introduction to Roman-Dutch Law Of an archaic system of law affecting the property of married persons', the system thus described seems, or seemed till lately, too firmly established in popular senti ment to be in immediate danger of change. This statement must be understood to be limited to the Union of South Africa. Southern Rhodesia has followed the example of Ceylon in declaring (married Persons' Property Act, 1928) that 'community of property and of profit and loss and the marital power or any ...
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Excerpt from An Introduction to Roman-Dutch Law Of an archaic system of law affecting the property of married persons', the system thus described seems, or seemed till lately, too firmly established in popular senti ment to be in immediate danger of change. This statement must be understood to be limited to the Union of South Africa. Southern Rhodesia has followed the example of Ceylon in declaring (married Persons' Property Act, 1928) that 'community of property and of profit and loss and the marital power or any liabilities or privileges result ing therefrom shall not attach to any marriage solemnised between spouses whose matrimonial domicile is in this Colony entered into after the date of the coming into effect of this Act (unless such spouses shall by an instrument in writing executed before a magistrate have expressed their wish to be exempt from the provisions of this law). Further, in imitation of the law of Natal, the Act provides that. Spouses married in community prior to the taking effect of the Act may take advantage of its provisions by postnuptial deed. Is it significant of a trend of opinion in the Union that a Private Member's Bill proposing extensive changes in the common law was introduced in the 1945 Session of Parliament (62 p. 333) About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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