RIGHT to Coverture?

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Compulsory Coverture of married women was largely washed away by Married Women's PropertyAct in 19th Century. However, no legal act forbids a woman to take advantage of her RIGHT to coverture if she WANTS or she NEEDS so...

Hence, my question:

Is a wife legally able to name her husband as her representative anymore? If the answer is 'yes' than has a Court tort by refusing to aknowledge this right? Is it the same principle going to apply in both civil and criminal cases?

Thank you very much in advance for your opinions!

[stevemLS]

Re: RIGHT to Coverture?

In my view no, the concept of coverture was abolished, it was more though than appointing her husband representative the law regarded the couple as one and the woman submitted to the authority and protection of her husband. Effectively her legal identity was extinguished and her property automatically became that of her husband.

No court would now recognise such a concept, quite apart from anything else to do so would contravene virtually every Article of the ECHR. Quite how it could possibly apply in criminal cases is beyond my tiny mind.