Separate Estate in Europe
Definition of Separate Estate
Separate estate, or property belonging to a woman to her separate use, is property which belongs to a married woman as if she were a feme sole. She is entitled to the incomq of it, and may charge it, or dispose of it by deed or will, unless she is restrained from anticipation or alienation, without the consent of her husband. The doctrine was invented in equity to overcome the Common Law rule that a married woman was incapable of owning property apart from her husband, which was abolished by the Married Women’s Property Act, 1882, s. 2, See Anticipation; Restraint on Alienation; Hulme v. Tenant
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