Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Booksat the Clarendon Press, MDCCLXXV. Printed for William Strahan, Thomas Cadell, and Daniel Prince, 1775 |
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... coverture , the law submerged a wife's legal identity in that of her husband's ; therefore , women could not sue or be sued , draft wills , make contracts , buy or sell property , manage their own wages , or supervise their own real ...
... coverture , the law submerged a wife's legal identity in that of her husband's ; therefore , women could not sue or be sued , draft wills , make contracts , buy or sell property , manage their own wages , or supervise their own real ...
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... coverture become beneficially en- titled in possession or reversion , or in any manner whatever derivable , directly or indirectly , from J. should be settled as therein mentioned . At the date of the settlement and of the marriage the ...
... coverture become beneficially en- titled in possession or reversion , or in any manner whatever derivable , directly or indirectly , from J. should be settled as therein mentioned . At the date of the settlement and of the marriage the ...
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... coverture ; he is also entitled to all chattels given to the wife during the coverture in her own right , though not to her rights in autre droit . But mere choses in action , or contracts made with the wife before coverture , do not ...
... coverture ; he is also entitled to all chattels given to the wife during the coverture in her own right , though not to her rights in autre droit . But mere choses in action , or contracts made with the wife before coverture , do not ...
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... coverture” in England, 1660–1800', Continuity and Change, 17 (2002), 351–371; Amy Louise Erickson, 'Coverture and capitalism', History Workshop Journal, 59 (2005), 116; Margot Finn, 'Women, consumption and coverture in 33 England, c ...
... coverture” in England, 1660–1800', Continuity and Change, 17 (2002), 351–371; Amy Louise Erickson, 'Coverture and capitalism', History Workshop Journal, 59 (2005), 116; Margot Finn, 'Women, consumption and coverture in 33 England, c ...
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... coverture. “Coverture,” inherited from English common law, dictated that the legal identity and rights of a woman were lost when she married, “covered” by her husband. As English treatise writer William Blackstone described, “by ...
... coverture. “Coverture,” inherited from English common law, dictated that the legal identity and rights of a woman were lost when she married, “covered” by her husband. As English treatise writer William Blackstone described, “by ...
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