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in the Law, that the Money was irrecoverable.
If the Huſband is not obliged to repay the Money for which he had given his own Bond, becauſe another Perſon would be cheated by it, much leſs ſhall he be obliged to repay that Money, which his Wife borrowed before Marriage in Order to cheat him.
As there are more Inſtances in which Men can impoſe upon Women, in the Repreſentation of their Circumſtances before Marriage, than there are in which~Women can impoſe upon Men; ſo Men can ſecretly pay their Debts, after Marriage, which Women cannot; which muſt neceſſarily make them more cautious how they conceal or miſrepreſent their Circumſtances, ſince that muſt expoſe them to the Reſentment of an injured Huſband, who, as he has the Power of, would ſeldom want the Inclination to Revenge.
Whoſoever makes any Obſervations of this Kind, will (I believe) find in Fact, that Men ſuffer very little from being anſwerable for their Wives Debts contracted before Marriage, in Compariſon to what Women ſuffer, from their Fortunes being liable to pay their Huſbands Debts contracted before Marriage.
