We abolish "paternal authority;" "it is cheating nature to enforce her rights through constraint.
Turning to the other question, to be answered from our evidence--the question of paternal authority or potestas--let us first fix the meaning of the word.
In other words we may say that our information on the regulation of paternal authority in the few cases where it can come into play is very scanty.
He then proceeds to that called natural, subject to paternal authority, and arising from the union of the two sexes; describes the imperfect image of it in brutes; then explains it at large in all its causes and effects.
Let us look into its origin, and we shall find, at the same time, the extent and the limits of paternal authority.
Paternal authority, as we see by this, has no other origin than the actual interest of the child: the mission of the parents is to represent it; they have in some respect the government of its life.
Paternal authority is, then, the common authority of both parents over their children; and it is only an exception to the rule when the authority of one parent becomes detrimental to that of the other.
Now this tyrannical extension of the rights of paternal authority, carried far beyond the limits pointed out by nature, was taken away by the force of laws and manners which were much aided by the influence of Catholicity (see the 24th chap.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "paternal authority" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
