☩ SOTERIAN GLOSSARY ☩

Living Language Lexicon of the Soteria Covenant

Coverture

The common law doctrine merging a married woman's legal identity into her husband's — she could not own property, enter contracts, or sue in her own name. Abolished by married women's property acts.

Etymology: Old French: 'coverture' — covering · Category: English Legal History · Source: Black's Law Dictionary
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