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Under this system it is important to remember that the wife was never an heir , although she was entitled to dower . Males were always preferred to females in every degree of inheritance , both directly and collaterally .
Under this system it is important to remember that the wife was never an heir , although she was entitled to dower . Males were always preferred to females in every degree of inheritance , both directly and collaterally .
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The other major revision was the elevation of the surviving wife or husband as an heir from the last possible position of inheritance to the fourth position , the position which the surviving consort holds at the present ; that is ...
The other major revision was the elevation of the surviving wife or husband as an heir from the last possible position of inheritance to the fourth position , the position which the surviving consort holds at the present ; that is ...
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Thus thirty - eight states show to me the wife is a person and no longer a chattel ; a full partner in the marriage partnership , not a limited partner , and a member of the family , not an outsider . A clear majority of the states ...
Thus thirty - eight states show to me the wife is a person and no longer a chattel ; a full partner in the marriage partnership , not a limited partner , and a member of the family , not an outsider . A clear majority of the states ...
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| Title | Report of the First[-thirty-first] Annual Meeting of the Virginia State Bar Association, Volume 65 |
| Author | Virginia State Bar Association |
| Publisher | Virginia State Bar Association, 1954 |
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