Also known as: husbands · spouse · married man
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A married man who holds the legal status of spouse to a wife.
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Hugo Hart returned home early and found his wife in bed with another man. Overcome by sudden passion, Hugo killed the man before any cooling-off period elapsed. The killing that would otherwise be murder is reduced to voluntary manslaughter because catching a spouse in adultery constitutes adequate provocation at common law.
Judge Hazel Hoffman was assigned a contract dispute involving Harbor National Bank. Her husband owned a substantial block of the bank's stock. The judge must recuse herself because she knows her spouse holds an economic interest in a party to the proceeding.
Attorney Hannah Hughes prepared a will for client Hiroshi Hasegawa that left a substantial bequest to the client's husband. Because the recipient is not related to the lawyer, the instrument violates the rule against preparing a substantial gift to a non-relative.
Hannah Hale and her husband Hamid Hassan received a deed conveying land to them jointly with their issue. Because the grantees are husband and wife, the conveyance satisfies the requirement for creating a fee tail under the applicable property rules.
While married, Hugo Hart wrote a letter to his wife describing a business transaction. Years later the government subpoenaed the letter in a criminal investigation. The communication is protected by the marital communications privilege and cannot be compelled without overcoming the presumption of confidentiality.
After marriage Hazel Hoffman received a cash gift from her aunt that was made solely to her and not to both spouses. The funds are classified as her individual property under the uniform act because they were acquired by gift from a third person to the spouse alone.
Yes. Catching one's spouse in the act of adultery is expressly recognized as adequate provocation that can reduce an intentional killing from murder to voluntary manslaughter when the other elements of heat of passion are present.
A judge must recuse when the judge knows the spouse has an economic interest in the subject matter in controversy or in a party to the proceeding.
…North Carolina, for example, N. C. Gen. Stat. § 14-45.1 (Supp. 1971), requires written permission for the abortion from the husband when the woman is a married minor, that is, when she is less than 18 years of age, 41 N. C. A. G. 489 (1971); if the woman is an unmarried minor, written permission from the parents is…
…the latter ground, offering several reasons why it was trustworthy: Sylvia was not shifting blame but rather corroborating her husband's story that he acted in self-defense or "justified reprisal"; she had direct knowledge as an eyewitness; she was describing recent events; and she was being questioned by a "neutral" law…
…As the role and status of women changed, the institution further evolved. Under the centuries-old doctrine of coverture, a married man and woman were treated by the State as a single, male-dominated legal entity. See 1 W. Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England 430 (1765). As women gained legal, political, and…
…ordinance limits occupancy of a dwelling unit to members of a single family. The ordinance defines “family” to include only the husband
…derivative one, stemming from his wife’s right. Faber v. Creswick, supra . But it is universally known that in family relations husbands
A lawyer may do so only if the recipient is related to the lawyer within the permitted degrees or maintains a close familial relationship with the lawyer. Otherwise the rule prohibits preparing an instrument that gives the lawyer or a related person a substantial gift from a client.
A conveyance to two persons who are or might become husband and wife satisfies the requirement for creating a fee tail when the conveyance also limits the estate to the issue or a designated class of the issue of such two persons.
Confidential communications between husband and wife made during marriage are protected by the marital communications privilege. The privilege creates a presumption of confidentiality that the government must overcome.
Property acquired during marriage by gift or disposition at death from a third person to one spouse alone, and not to both spouses, is classified as the recipient spouse's individual property.