jus administrationes
jus administrationes (j[schwa]s ad-mi-ni-stray-shee-oh-neez). [Latin] Scots law. Hist. The outmoded right by which a husband had unfettered control of his wife’s heritable property.
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fee tail special
A fee tail that restricts the eligibility of claimants by requiring a claimant to prove direct descent from the grantee and meet the special condition in the grant. • For example, the words “to A and the heirs of his body begotten on his wife Mary” meant that only descendants of A and Mary could
spousal unity doctrine
spousal-unity doctrine. Hist. 1. Family law. The common-law rule that a husband and wife were a legal unity. • Under the spousal-unity doctrine, the husband had all rights to the possession, management, control, and alienation of property. The wife had no interests in property. — Also termed doctrine of spousal unity. See MARRIED WOMEN’S PROPERTY
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jointure
jointure (joyn-ch[schwa]r). 1. Archaic. A woman’s freehold life estate in land, made in consideration of marriage in lieu of dower and to be enjoyed by her only after her husband’s death; a settlement under which a wife receives such an estate. • The four essential elements are that (1) the jointure must take effect immediately
spontaneous crime
A criminal act that occurs suddenly and without premeditation in response to an unforeseen stimulus. • For example, a husband who discovers his wife in bed with another man and shoots him could be said to have committed an affectively spontaneous crime.
feme
feme (fem), n. [Law French] Archaic. 1. A woman. 2. A wife. — Also spelled femme. feme covert (fem k[schwa]v-[schwa]rt). [Law French “covered woman”] Archaic. A married woman. • The notion, as Blackstone put it, was that the husband was the one “under whose wing, protection, and cover, she performs every thing.” 1 William Blackstone,
privigna
privigna (prI-vig-n[schwa]), n. [Latin] Roman & civil law. A daughter of one’s husband or wife by a previous marriage; a stepdaughter.
merger doctrine
merger doctrine. 1. Copyright. The principle that since an idea cannot be copyrighted, neither can an expression that must inevitably be used in order to express the idea. • When the idea and expression are very difficult to separate, they are said to merge. For example, courts have refused copyright protection for business-ledger forms (Baker
cohabitation
cohabitation (koh-hab-[schwa]-tay-sh[schwa]n), n. The fact or state of living together, esp. as partners in life, usu. with the suggestion of sexual relations. [Cases: Marriage 13, 22. C.J.S. Marriage §§ 10, 19–20, 24–25.] — cohabit (koh-hab-it), vb. — cohabitative (koh-hab-[schwa]-tay-tiv), adj. — cohabitant (koh-hab-[schwa]-t[schwa]nt), cohabitor (koh-hab-[schwa]-t[schwa]r), n. illicit cohabitation. 1. The offense committed by an unmarried