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Coverture

Coverture was a legal doctrine in English common law under which a married woman's legal existence was considered to be merged with that of her husband. Upon marriage, she had no independent legal existence of her own, in keeping with society's expectation that her husband was to provide for and protect her. Under coverture a woman became a feme covert…

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related to India · 28
Coverture → Although, As, British East India Company's, Chauk, Company, Company's, Company's Committee, Court, During England’s, England, English, English East India Company, For, Government, In, India, Indian, India’s, Mir Jafar, Munni Begum
related to Court cases · 17
Coverture → According, Following, Government, Michigan Law Review, Respondent Mrs Ethel May, SBA, She, Small Business Administration, Texas, The SBA Regional Office, The United States, Though, US District Court, Western District, When, Yazell, Yazells
related to history · 15
Coverture → Bracton, Collectively, England, English, Henry II, High, Husbands, In, Late Middle Ages, Married, Medieval, Middle Ages, The, Wales, While
related to Abolition · 13
Coverture → American, Benzenberg, California, English-speaking, Follansbee, In, Married Women's Property Acts, Nineteenth-century, Other, Specifically, The, This, United States
related to Scotland · 12
Coverture → Also, England, English, For, Lebanon, Nigeria, Scotland, Scottish, She, The, This, While
related to Lebanon · 11
Coverture → As, Christian, English, If, In Lebanon, India, Lebanon, Similar, This, Under, While
related to Analogous concepts outside the common law system · 10
Coverture → English, Europe, European, In, In France, Married French, Napoleonic Code, Neighboring Switzerland, Roman-Dutch, Under
related to Nigeria · 10
Coverture → After England, All, England, For, However, Ibo, Nigeria, The, There, Unlike
related to Ban of alternative fee arrangements in divorce · 9
Coverture → Accordingly, Because, In, Instead, Judges, Lawyers, This, United States, Wealthy
related to Coverture in Early Modern England · 9
Coverture → Before, Common Law, England, From, However, In, Should, Thus, Where

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husband property legal law women marriage married wife woman rights women's also states common english husband's would england marital according

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are merely personalinstance ofbut of0.80text
moneyinstance ofmoveable property0.80text
stocksinstance ofmoveable property0.80text
furnitureinstance ofmoveable property0.80text
and livestockinstance ofmoveable property0.80text
Coverturerelated to AbolitionThis0.60section
Coverturerelated to AbolitionMarried Women's Property Acts0.60section
Coverturerelated to AbolitionEnglish-speaking0.60section
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Coverturerelated to AbolitionUnited States0.60section
Coverturerelated to AbolitionNineteenth-century0.60section
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