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Marital rights. Rights of a husband. Where a woman, during a trety for marriage, made a settlement of property without the concurrence of her intended husband, the husband after the marriage was entitled to have such settlement set aside as a 'fraud on his marital rights' (see Strathmore v. Bowes, (1789) 1 Ves Jun 22; 1 Wh. & T.L.C.); but the Married Women's Property Act, 1882 (see MARRIED WOMEN'S PROPERTY), has virtually abolished this right of the husband, which was founded on the rule of the Common Law (abrogated by that statute) that the property of the wife became by marriage the property of the husband. The term is sometimes used as meaning conjugal rights (q.v.)....
marital
marital : of or relating to marriage or the married state ...
marital asset
marital asset see asset ...
marital deduction
marital deduction see deduction ...
marital deduction trust
marital deduction trust see trust ...
marital portion
marital portion in the civil law of Louisiana : a one-fourth portion that a surviving spouse is entitled to claim from the estate of a spouse who has died rich in comparison to the surviving spouse compare disposable portion, falcidian portion, legitime ...
marital property
marital property see property ...
marital trust
marital trust see trust ...
non-marital property
non-marital property Generally, property owned by either spouse prior to marriage or acquired by them individually, such as by gift or inheritance, during the marriage. ...
Marital
Of or pertaining to a husband as marital rights duties authority...
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