(573)


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that  much  property  may  still  be  outside  of  their  operation,  and  not
"separate,"  in  the  statutory  sense;  and  in  Georgia  a  married  woman
could,  until  lately,  devise  even  the  estate  limited  to  her  separate
use  in  the  old  manner  only  when  made  a  sole  trader  according  to
8tatute,  by  decree  of  court,  or  when  she  had  been  abandoned  by
her  husband. °-  Where  the  husband  has  curtesy,  the  wife  cannot,
by  her  will,  deprive  him  of  it,  any  more  than  the  husband  can  devise
away  the  wife's  right  of  dower,  except  in  Wisconsin^  where  curtesy,
as  regulated  by  statute,  is  given  only  in  case  of  intestacy;  and  where
the  wife  may  dispose  only  of  separate,  in  contrast  to  community,
property,  the  restriction  stands  on  the  same  ground  as  that  a  hus-
band holding  land  by  entireties  with  his  wife  cannot  dispose  thereof
by  will.  These  restrictions  must  be  considered  in  connection  with
marital  rights.
