Eights  of/me  -^J  ^^^  commou  law  the  husband  on  marrying  be-

coMrt  at  common  pQj^gg  entitled  to  receive  the  rents  and  profits  of
the  wife's  real  estates  during  the  joint  lives  ;^  he  be-
comes absolutely  entitled  to  all  her  chattels  personal
in  possession,^  and  to  her  cboses  in  action  if  he  re-
duce them  into  possession  during  the  coverture  f  or
if  he  do  not,  but  survive  her,  he,^  and  after  his  death
his  administrator,^  on  taking  out   administration    to


The  husband

takes  all  her

property  as  a

,  general  rule.
1  Polyblank  v.  Hawkins,  Doug.  329 ;  Moore  v.  Vinten,  12
Sim.  161.
2  Co.  Litt.  300  a.
'  Scaweti  V.  Blunt,  7  Ves.  294;  Wildman  v.  Wildman,  9  Ves.
174;  Co.  Litt.  351.
4  Belts  V.  Kimpton,  2  B.  &  Ad.  277;  Proudleyv.  Fielder  2,
-My.  &  K.  57.
■«  In  the  goods  of  Harding  K.  B.  2.  P.  &  D.  394. '


MARRIED   WOMEN.  317

the  wife,  is  entitled  to  recover.  He  also  becomes  en-
titled/wre  maritiio  her  legal  chattels  real,  i.  e.,
leaseholds,  with  full  power  to  aliene  them  even
though  reversionary;!  though,  if  he  die  before  his
wife  without  having  reduced  into  possession  her
chosesin  action  ,2  or  without  having  aliened  her  chat-
tels real,^  they  will  survive  to  her.
