Elizabeth Thomas owns a small farm and generates income by selling vegetables and meat at the local market. When she marries, her citizenship is incorporated into her husband’s, and he now owns her farm and income. What describes this practice?
a. courtship.
b. coverture.
c. polygamy.
d. separate spheres.

B. Coverture.

Explanation:

This form of marriage practice or property ownership on the male part is not widely practiced all over the world. It is seen in the common law of England for several centuries and throughout most of the 19th century, influencing some other common law jurisdictions. Arianne Chernock also strongly disagrees that coverture did not apply in Scotland, but whether it applied in Wales is unclear. It was also an

Coverture

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Coverture, Anglo-American concept that dictate that a woman’s subordinate legal status during marriage. Prior to marriage a woman could freely execute a will, enter into contracts, sue or be sued in her own name, and sell or give away her real estate or personal property as she wished.

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