Excerpt from Encyclopaedia of Accounting, Vol. 4 J us Mariti At common law, prior to the passing of the Married Women's Property Act 1881, the whole personal or moveable estate of the wife, as well what belonged to her before marriage, as what she acquired during its subsistence, became the property of the husband on marriage. The right which was thus acquired was called jus mariti. The husband might renounce this right by marriage contract or by a deed clearly importing such renunciation, or by actings, from the facts and circumstances of which it could be inferred that he had surrendered his right. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.