Conquets
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
In French law. The name given to every acquisition which the husband and wife, jointly or severally, make during the conjugal community. Thus, whatever is acquired by the husband and wife, either by his or her industry or good fortune, inures to the extent of one-half for the benefit of the other. Merlin, Repert; Merlin, Quest. In Louisiana, these gains are called aquets. Civ. Code La. art.
2369.
The conquets by a former marriage may not be settled on a second wife to prejudice the heirs.
2 Low. (U. S.) 175. C0NQUI8ITI0.
In feudal and old English law.
Acquisition. Spelman, voc. "Conquestus"; 2 Bl. Comm. 242.