Separate Estate
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
That which belongs to one only of several persons; as, the separate estate of a partner, which does not belong to the partnership.
2 Bouv. Inst, note 1519.
The separate estate of a married woman is that which belongs to her, and over which her husband has no right in equity. It may consist of lands or chattels.
4 Barb. (N. Y.) 407; 1 Const. (S. C.) 452; 4 Bouv. Inst, note 3996.