“A married woman is said to be vestita viro, and so long as this coverture exists her person cannot be attached on civil diligence, unless that diligence proceeds upon a decree ad factum praestandum, for the performance of some act which she is bound to perform, and which cannot be validly performed except by herself, ex. gr., to enter the heir of her vassal, to produce or exhibit as a haver writings in her own custody, &c.” John Trayner, Trayner’s Latin Maxims 628 (4th ed. 1894).
vestita viro
vestita viro (ves-tI-t[schwa] vI-roh). [Law Latin] Hist. Clothed with a husband.
