NON ACCESS. The non existence of sexual intercourse is generally expressed
by the words "non access of the husband to the wife" which expressions, in a
case of bastardy, are understood to mean the same thing. 2 Stark Ev. 218, n.
2. In Pennsylvania, when the husband has access to the wife, no
evidence short of absolute impotence of the husband, is sufficient to
convict a third person of bastardy with the wife. 6 Binn. 283.
3. In the civil law the maxim is, Pater is est quem nupticae
demonstrant. Toull. tom. 2, n. 787. The Code Napoleon, art. 312, enacts,
"que l'enfant concu pendant le mariage a pour pere le mari." See also 1
Browne's R. Appx. xlvii.
4. A married woman cannot prove the non access of her husband. Id. See
8 East, 202; 4 T. R. 251; 11 East, 132; 13 Ves. 58; 8 East, R. 193; 12 East,
R. 550; 4 T. R. 251, 336; 11 East, R. 132; 6 T. R. 330.