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Coverture

Meaning in history, with examples

nounCommon term

In history, coverture means: A historical common-law doctrine that subsumed much of a married woman's legal identity under her husband's.

In Turkish: evli kadının hukuki varlığının kocasına bağlılığı, coverture

How it is used

Discuss a specific period and jurisdiction; exceptions and changes limit broad claims about married women's powers.

Example sentences

  1. The chapter examines how coverture affected married women's contracts.

    The doctrine concerns legal capacity within marriage.

  2. Her evidence reveals exceptions to coverture in particular property arrangements.

    Formal doctrine and practical arrangements need separate examination.

Common collocations

  • the doctrine of coverture
  • coverture and property
  • social classA group of people in a society who share a similar economic position, such as wealth, occupation or education, and often similar status and opportunities.
  • source criticismThe careful evaluation of a historical source to judge where it came from, who made it and why, and how reliable and useful it is for a particular question.

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