Coverture was a legal doctrine in English common law originating from the French word couverture, meaning "covering," in which a married woman's legal...
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Matrimonial regime (section Coverture)
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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Callebaut is a Belgian coverture chocolate manufacturer owned by the Barry Callebaut group and based in Belgium. It was founded in 1911 by Octaaf Callebaut...
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forced marriage, polygyny marriage, polyandry marriage, group marriage, coverture marriage, child marriage, cousin marriage, sibling marriage, teenage marriage...
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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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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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the early 19th century, particularly in England, women would fall under coverture, stating that all property and contracts in their name would be ceded...
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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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During the Middle Ages, the English common law adopted the doctrine of coverture, which held that a married woman was a "feme covert" with no legal personhood...
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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...
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