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| − | Coverture is the principle at [[common law]] whereby a wife's legal status was merged with her husband's so that they appeared to be a single legal entity, particularly with respect to owning property. Beginning in the 1960s some lawyers and judges criticized this as discriminatory against women, though it came from a feudal Norman custom and has its basis in the concept of [[marital unity]]. | + | '''Coverture''' is the principle at [[common law]] whereby a wife's legal status was merged with her husband's so that they appeared to be a single legal entity, particularly with respect to owning property. Beginning in the 1960s some lawyers and judges criticized this as discriminatory against women, though it came from a feudal Norman custom and has its basis in the concept of [[marital unity]]. |
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Latest revision as of 22:56, January 8, 2008
Coverture is the principle at common law whereby a wife's legal status was merged with her husband's so that they appeared to be a single legal entity, particularly with respect to owning property. Beginning in the 1960s some lawyers and judges criticized this as discriminatory against women, though it came from a feudal Norman custom and has its basis in the concept of marital unity.