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Cockburn v Burn. [1679] Mor 5998 (21 February 1679)
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[1679] Mor 5998
A married woman's deeds in what cases effectual against herself, the husband consenting or not consenting.
Subject_3 SECT. IX.
Wife's Power of Administration of her own Property, without her Husband's Consent.
Cockburn v. Burn
Date: 21 February 1679 Case No. No 203.
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Found (which was never decided before) that in the wife's deeds of administration of her own proper goods not falling under communion, the husband's consent is not necessary.
Fol. Dic. v. 1. p. 401. Fountainhall, MS. Stair.
*** See this case, No 29. p. 5793. and No 32. p. 5794.
