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separate estate

separate estate noun: a married woman's property over which her husband has no right of control.

Noun

separate estate

  1. (historical) A married woman's property over which her husband has no right of control.

Questions about separate estate

What does separate estate mean?
Separate estate means a married woman's property over which her husband has no right of control.
What part of speech is separate estate?
Separate estate is a noun.

Words near separate estate in the dictionary

  1. separatable
  2. separate
  3. Separate Baptist
  4. Separate Baptists
  5. separate cover
  6. separate estate
  7. separate maintenance
  8. separate maintenances
  9. separate opinion
  10. separate opinions
  11. separate out

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