Related to coverture:feme covert An archaic term that refers to the legal status of a married woman. AtCommon Law, coverture was the protection and control of a woman by her husband that gave rise to various rights and obligations. Upon marriage, aHusband and Wifewere said to have acquired...
Zaher C, „When a Woman‟s Marital Status Determined her Legal Status: A Research Guide on the Common Law Doctrine of Coverture‟ (2002) 94 Law Library Journal 459Zaher, C. 2002. "When a woman's marital status determined her legal status: A research guide on the common law doctrine...
It said only that "the crashworthiness doctrine's legal rationale limiting a manufacturer's liability only to those damages caused by the defect" would protect an automobile manufacturer from responsibility for injuries caused by the initial collision. The burden of proof conundrum in motor vehicle cr...
The U.S. Supreme Court has developed the standing doctrine to determine whether the litigants in a federal civil proceeding are the appropriate parties to raise the legal questions in the case. The Court has developed an elaborate body of principles defining the nature and contours of standing....
In a broader sense, the term may also refer to a legislative assembly; a deliberative body, such as the General Court of Massachusetts, which is its legislature. The words court, judge, or judges, when used in laws, are often synonymous. A kangaroo court is a mock legal proceeding that ...
If a lease be made to husband and wife during coverture, and the husband sows the, land, and afterwards they are divorced a vinculo, &c., the husband shall have the emblements in that case, for the divorce is the act of law. Mildmay's Case. As to personalty, the rule of the ...
3. The husband is liable for his wife's contracts made dum sola, and for those made during coverture for necessaries, and for torts committed either while she was sole or since her marriage with him; but this liability continues only during the coverture; as to her torts, or even her co...
A NEW RATIONALE FOR THE DOCTRINE OF PROVOCATION: APPLICATIONS TO CASES OF KILLING AN UNFAITHFUL SPOUSE Finally, the New York Central standard of corporate criminal liability maximizes, rather than minimizes, the likelihood that the innocent will be punished along with the guilty. The discordance of ...
The four unities are unity of time, unity of title, unity of interest, and unity of possession. Unity of time is a characteristic because each joint tenant receives his or her interest at the same time—that is, upon delivery of the deed to the property. Unity of title exists because ea...
An entity in the government to which the administration of justice is delegated. In a broader sense, the term may also refer to a legislative assembly; a deliberative body, such as the General Court of Massachusetts, which is its legislature. The words court, judge, or judges, when used ...