И двете са възможни - човек в неизвестност, обявен за мъртъв или човек, който си живее в "селото", но според местните закони/обичаи се води юридически мъртъв и е напълно безправен.

Истината мож еда се разбере само в контекста на книгата.

Ето един пример за второто, които намерих:

"The very being or legal existence of the woman is suspended during marriage, or at least incorporated or consolidated into that of her husband." Legally, she ceases to exist, and becomes emphatically a new creature, and is ever after denied the dignity of a rational and accountable being. The husband is allowed to take possession of her estates, as the law has proclaimed her legally dead. All that she has, becomes legally his, and he can collect and dispose of the profits of her labor without her consent, as he thinks fit, and she can own nothing, have nothing, which is not regarded by the law as belonging to her husband.

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