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Originally Posted by Kit
That is interesting, a lot of men leave their daughters something for their own absolute use ie not for their husband, or future husband, to use but the woman could not write a will to give that away.
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I have no idea how that worked in practice. I have some wills where the instructions are that the money must on no account fall into the husband's hands, but I don't see how it could be prevented. Marriage settlements and annuities were a way of doling out just the interest, so the husband could not touch the capital, but I doubt you could prevent a man taking his wife's money or using her possessions.