USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Doctrine of Coverture-Husband and wife are one person in Law. A wife did not have an individual legal liability for her misdeeds, since it was legally assumed that she was acting under the orders of her husband, and generally a husband and wife were not allowed to testify either for, or against each other.

Detailed explanation-2: -According to the Doctrine of Coverture, a woman has no personal legal identity after marriage. Notably, the Supreme Court of India’s decision to abolish adultery as a crime in 2018 drew attention to the Doctrine of Coverture throughout the hearing.

Detailed explanation-3: -This is also termed as the doctrine of spousal unity or spousal unity rule. Spousal unity doctrine is the common-law rule which implied that a husband and wife were a legal unity. Under the spousal-unity doctrine, the husband had all rights to the possession, management, control, and alienation of property.