Note 163 — Book VI.
John Beames translation
“Lest, by such liberal endowments, the Lord should be defrauded of his wardships and other feudal profits.” (2 Bl. Com. 133. See also Grand Cust. de Norm. c. 18.) It is a remarkable peculiarity of Legislation, that the same Law is frequently the result of principles the most different—thus, the modern French code tells us, that it will not allow the Dowry to be augmented during the marriage. (Code Napoleon s. 1543.)