Note 1019 — Chapter XV · DIVORCE IN THE AMERICAN COLONIES
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Acts and Laws (New London, 1715), 28; ibid. (New London, 1750), 43; ibid. (New Haven, 1769), 43. Almost the only change during the period mentioned in the text is the substitution of "superior court" for "court of assistants." Cf. Pub. Stat. Laws (1808), 236 n. 1. As in Massachusetts, the divorced wife is to have a part of the husband's estate, not exceeding one-third thereof: Acts and Laws (1769), 146.