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Anticipation
of a will or settlement from aliening, by way of anticipation, property settled to her separate use during coverture. Such a clause absolutely disables her from selling, mortgaging or dealing with the property in anticipation, but it
Entireties, tenancy by
(English) L.P. Act, 1925, where an estate was conveyed or devised to a man and his wife during coverture, they were said to be tenants by entireties, that is, each was said to be seized of the
Limitation of actions and prosecutions
who, at the time their right to recover land, etc., first accrues, are under the disability of infancy, coverture, idiotcy, lunacy, or unsoundness of mind, are allowed six years from the termination of their disability, and their
Mahr (dower)
p. 44). Even after the marriage the amount of dower (mahr) may be increased by the husband during coverture. In this sense and in no other can dower under the Muhammadan law be regarded as the considera-tion
Tail
expressed or implied) used for the conveyance of fee-simple estates. If the tenant-in-tail be a feme covert (under coverture which began before 1883) (Law Reform (M. W. and T.) Act, 1935, s. 4, and (English) Law of
Husband and wife
yet he usually was still joined as he was liable in respect of his wife's torts committed during covertures, and the aggrieved party was not limited in his remedy to the wife's separate estate, Earle v. Kingscote,
Disability
by statutory bodies or corporations in excess of their statutory powers, see ULTRA VIRES; (2) partial, as infancy, coverture, lunacy, and drunkenness. As to which, see the various titles relating thereto. The compulsory purchase, by railway and
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