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In the civil law. The owner of a ve el. Dig. 39, 4, 11, 2. Dom.inUII non ma.rltabit pupillum nisi sem.el. Co. Litt. 9. A lord cannot give a ward in marriage but, once. Domln.'li.s rez 'nullmn habere potest parem, m'lllto minus · superiorem. Th_t king cannot have an equal, much le a superior. 1 Reeve, Eng. Law, 11G. [s. 396]