Extended from Coverture
Time: 1972
Place: U.S.
Details: As recently as 1972, two US states allowed a wife accused in criminal court to offer as a legal defense that she was obeying her husband's orders.
‹ Earlier in historyAssuming the role of publisher1972 Later in history ›Intercontinental CupFriday Sep 22, 1972
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