Coverture was a legal doctrine in English common law originating from the French word couverture, meaning "covering," in which a married woman's legal...

one is a citizen or resident or where marital real estate is situated. Coverture (sometimes spelled couverture) was a legal doctrine whereby, upon marriage...

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...

forced marriage, polygyny marriage, polyandry marriage, group marriage, coverture marriage, child marriage, cousin marriage, sibling marriage, teenage marriage...

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...

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...

to their property once they married. Under the common law doctrine of coverture husbands gained control of their wives' real estate and wages. Beginning...

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...

reversing older family laws based on the dominant legal role of the husband. Coverture, which was enshrined in the common law of England and the US for several...

the early 19th century, particularly in England, women would fall under coverture, stating that all property and contracts in their name would be ceded...