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UNDER MARITAL AUTHORITY [1 record]

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Record 1 2012-09-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Special-Language Phraseology
  • Status of Persons (Private Law)
  • Family Law (common law)
OBS

under marital authority; under the husband's authority: from Latin "sub potestate viri."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
  • Statut des personnes (Droit privé)
  • Droit de la famille (common law)
CONT

Il fut [...] une époque où la femme «sous puissance de mari» ne pouvait s'engager sans le secours, l'assistance, voire le consentement de son époux.

OBS

Du latin «sub potestate viri».

Spanish

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