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Coverture (sometimes
spelled couverture) was a
legal doctrine in the
English common law in
which a
married woman's
legal existence was
considered to be...
- one is a
citizen or
resident or
where marital real
estate is situated.
Coverture (sometimes
spelled couverture) was a
legal doctrine whereby, upon marriage...
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forced marriage,
polygamy marriage,
polyandry marriage,
polygyny marriage,
coverture marriage,
child marriage,
cousin marriage,
sibling marriage,
teenage marriage...
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Until the 20th century, U.S. and
English law
observed the
system of
coverture,
where "by marriage, the
husband and wife are one
person in law; that...
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property were
considered the
separate property of a
married woman under coverture. A
husband could not sell, appropriate, or
convey good
title to his wife's...
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Octaaf Callebaut in Belgium.
Callebaut is a
Belgian coverture chocolate manufacturer.
Coverture chocolate contains high
amounts of
cocoa butter. This...
- gave
husbands control over
their wives.
Although by the 20th
century coverture had been
abolished in the UK and US, in many
continental European countries...
- the
early 19th century,
particularly in England,
women would fall
under coverture,
stating that all
property and
contracts in
their name
would be ceded...
- to
their property once they married.
Under the
common law
doctrine of
coverture husbands gained control of
their wives' real
estate and wages. Beginning...
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relegated to
domestic and
service roles near the turn of the 19th century.
Coverture laws also
meant that
women remained legally subordinated under their husbands...