 if he finds another [man] with his wedded wife, within closed doors or under the same blanket ; or [if he finds another man] with his legitimate daughter [or sister] ; or with his mother, if she has been given in lawful wedlock to his father.  The Laws of the Earliest English Kings - Page 83by Great Britain, Frederick Levi Attenborough - 1922 - 256 pagesFull view - About this book
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...man may fight without becoming liable to a vendetta if he finds another [manj with his wedded wifc, within closed doors or under the same blanket or [if...has been given in lawful wedlock to his father.” This does not signify that women were property¿ the rights and duties of kinship were such that an... | |
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