the power of the husband being so far from that of an absolute monarch, that the wife has in many cases a liberty to separate from him, where natural right, or their contract allows it; whether that contract be made by themselves in the state of nature, or by the customs or laws of the country they live in;
Senarraren boterea hain dago urruti monarka absolutuarenetik, emazteak sarritan bereiztea erabaki dezakeela, beti ere, zuzenbide naturalak edo beraien kontratuak baimentzen dienean; bai beraiek naturazko egoeran eginiko kontratua denean, bai bizi diren herrialdeko ohitura edo legeek hala diotenean.