The Legal Status of Women in the United States of America: Report for Virginia as of January 1, 1957U.S. Department of Labor, Women's Bureau, 1957 - 13 pages |
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absolute divorce Age of consent Age of majority alimony bigamous child's person cohabits common law common-law rule Const contract court curtesy or dower death deed deserts or willfully domicile Edmonds efforts of husband entitled equal legal powers equitable separate estate estate secs homestead householder or head husband and wife husband or wife husband sec husband's curtesy right Inheritance-child joint jointure jury service secs Keister's laboring Legal Status legitimate sec legitimate unmarried minor liability liable to garnishment license and solemnized living spouse takes living together sec marital rights marriage sec married woman minor child minor children number 17 parent or guardian parents sec party personal estate personal property property A married property set real and personal real estate right to curtesy separate property Status of Women statute statutory separate estate subject to curtesy surplus sec surviving spouse survivor survivorship syphilis testify tion tort unless Virginia widow and minor wife as full