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BARON FEMME [1 record]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2017-12-19
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Family Law (common law)
- Special-Language Phraseology
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- baron and feme
1, record 1, English, baron%20and%20feme
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
- baron et feme 2, record 1, English, baron%20et%20feme
correct
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Law French for "man and wife" or "husband and wife". 3, record 1, English, - baron%20and%20feme
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Baron and Feme: In English law, a phrase used for husband and wife, in relation to each other, who are accounted as one person. Hence, by the old law of evidence, the one party was excluded from giving evidence for or against the other in civil questions, and a relic of this is still preserved in the criminal law. 4, record 1, English, - baron%20and%20feme
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 CONT
Examining the marital relationship as it existed under the feudal system, it appears that husband and wife occupied respectively the positions of lord and vassal[,] more familiarly described in the language of the time as "baron and feme". 5, record 1, English, - baron%20and%20feme
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
feme: (of "feme," French "femme", woman, wife.) Law. (Chiefly conjoined with baron.) Wife. (The technical spelling is feme; but in non-professional use the mod. F. form has often been adopted.) 6, record 1, English, - baron%20and%20feme
Record 1, Key term(s)
- baron and femme
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Droit de la famille (common law)
- Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- baron et femme
1, record 1, French, baron%20et%20femme
correct, masculine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Désigne la notion de common law évoquant l'unicité du couple sous l'autorité du mari. 2, record 1, French, - baron%20et%20femme
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Le 5 février 1664, a été passée une quittance générale par Antoine des ARCIS, demeurant en son château de Publézy, paroisse de Meyras, acquittant Claude de CHANALEILLES, baron des Eperviers, de 5000 livres pour les droits légitimaires de feue Catherine de CHANALEILLES, sœur dudit baron et femme dudit Antoine. 3, record 1, French, - baron%20et%20femme
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
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