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Contents

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Authorities cited or referred to with Mode of Citation	xiii
Table of Law Reports with Mode of Citation	xviii
Table of Cases	xx
Table of Statutes	xxix
General Introduction	1
Appendix: How far the Statute Law of Holland obtains in the Colonies	24

Book I. The Law of Persons

Chapter I. Birth, Sex, Legitimacy	28
Section 1. Birth	28
Section 2. Sex	28
Section 3. Legitimacy	28
Chapter II. Parentage	31
A. The reciprocal duty of support	31
B. The parental power and its consequences	32
Chapter III. Minority	37
Chapter IV. Guardianship	44
Section 1. The Kinds of Guardians and the Appointment of Guardians	44
Section 2. Who may be Guardians	50
Section 3. The Powers, Rights, and Duties of Guardians	52
Section 4. Actions arising out of Guardianship	60
Section 5. How Guardianship ends	63
Chapter V. Marriage	64
Section 1. The Contract to Marry	64
Section 2. The Legal Requisites of Marriage	66
Section 3. The Legal Consequences of Marriage	77
Section 4. Ante-nuptial Contracts	83
Section 5. Dissolution of Marriage	98
Section 6. Miscellaneous Matters relating to Marriage	100