Which of the following is true of the principle of coverture in the colonies?
A. Coverture typically increased women's legal rights as they aged.
B. Coverture increasingly made it possible for women to marry without need for a dowry.
C. Coverture made it possible for adult woman to own property and enter into contracts with males.
D. Under coverture, a woman marrying for a second time retained more legal rights than under her first marriage.
E. Under coverture, an adult woman could lose legal rights if she were to marry.
Answer: E
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