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#Legal status of women in the late 18th century
#LawFedi #FediLaw

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considered as one legal entity, one of them could only be the other's property if (s)he had been a slave before the wedding.
One of the key aspects of private property is that the owner can sell it and often even destroy it.

In the #UK, there actually, in fact, the institution of #WifeSelling (e.g., unfaithful ones. However, AFAIC, this habit was never transferred to (common) law..