Husband and wife. A wife being under the protection and influence of her baron, lord, or husband, is styled a “fcme-covcrt,” (fccmina viro cooperta,) and her state of marriage is called her “coverture.” Cummings v. Everett, 82 Me. 260, 19 Atl. 456.
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Husband and wife. A wife being under the protection and influence of her baron, lord, or husband, is styled a “fcme-covcrt,” (fccmina viro cooperta,) and her state of marriage is called her “coverture.” Cummings v. Everett, 82 Me. 260, 19 Atl. 456.
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