the  settlement.     Ten  years  after,  on  her  death,  it
was  held  on  a  bill  filed  by  the  husband,  that  the  set-
tlement was  void,  as  a  fraud  upon  his  marital  rights.*
Not  fraudulent,  If     3.     But  when  a  woman  about  to  marry;  sells  or

to  a  purchaser  tor

eraSon^^  "thout'  conveys  to  a  purchaser  for  valuable  consideration,
notice.  without  notice  of  any  intended  derogation  of  the

marital  right,  the  sale  or  conveyance  will  be  held
good.^    It  seems  uncertain,  however,  whether  if  the
purchaser  for  value  have  notice,  the  sale  or  convey-
ance will  stand  as  against  the  husband.'
Void,  even  4.     It  would  Seem  that  a  clandestine  settlement

though  merltori-

ous.  If  secret.  made  by  a  woman  pending  her  marriage,  even  if
meritorious  in  its  nature,  as  on  the  children  of  a
former  marriage,  or  on  her  illegitimate  children,
will  be  set  aside  as  a  fraud  on  the  husband.*

Marriage  with  5.     If  the  intended  husband  is  acquainted  before

notice  of  settle-     ,.  .  ..,,ii.,<!  .  ij;

ment  hinds  hus-  his  marriage  With  the  fact  of  an  assignment  or  prop-
erty made  by  his  intended  wife,  and  nevertheless
still  thinks  fit  to  marry  her,  he  will  be  bound  by  it.°

oiUylet^ldt\  ^-       Jf"  ^11  ^^^   ^^^^^  it  ^^^  ^^^^  ^^^^   ^^^^  t^®  ^^^'

madlplSdi^g^^°tlement  to  be  invalidated  must  have  been  made  with-
^th™!!^'^^®  out  the  husband's  knowledge,  during  the  course  of
the  treaty  for  marriage  with  him.  It  has  been  ac-
cordingly held  that  a  settlement  made  by  a  widow
upon  herself  and  the  children  of  a  former  marriage
was  not  fraudulent,  because  it  was  proved  that  the
person  she  afterwards  married  was  not  at  the  time
of  the  settlement  "  her  then  intended  husband."'


1  Downs  V.  Jennings,  32Beav.  290;  Taylor  v.  Pugh,  1  Hare,
608.
