A Practical Treatise of the Law of Marriage and Divorce; Containing also the Mode of Proceeding on Divorces in the Ecclesiastical Courts and in Parliament; The Right to Custody of Children, Voluntary Separation between Husband and Wife; The Husband’s Liability to Wife’s Debts; and the Conflict between the Laws of England and Scotland respecting Divorce and Legitimacy.

Singerman ID: supp0186

Year: 1841

Entry: Shelford, Leonard. A Practical Treatise of the Law of Marriage and Divorce; Containing also the Mode of Proceeding on Divorces in the Ecclesiastical Courts and in Parliament; The Right to Custody of Children, Voluntary Separation between Husband and Wife; The Husband’s Liability to Wife’s Debts; and the Conflict between the Laws of England and Scotland respecting Divorce and Legitimacy. Philadelphia: John S. Littell, 1841. 518 p.

Author/Editor: Shelford, Leonard

Location: Philadelphia, PA

Holdings: CoU , CtY-L , DLC , MH-L , MWiW , MoU , NIC , NN , NNC-L , NNU-L , NcD , OO , PP , ViU-L

Title: A Practical Treatise of the Law of Marriage and Divorce; Containing also the Mode of Proceeding on Divorces in the Ecclesiastical Courts and in Parliament; The Right to Custody of Children, Voluntary Separation between Husband and Wife; The Husband’s Liability to Wife’s Debts; and the Conflict between the Laws of England and Scotland respecting Divorce and Legitimacy.

Printer/Publisher: John S. Littell

Language: English

Notes: "Of the Marriages of Quakers and Jews": pp. 70-78 (cites British cases involving Sephardic Jews). See also index under "Jews." Running title: Shelford on Marriage and Divorce. Rinderknecht 41-4727.