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demand for cohabitation in the name of the law
cohabitation demand
also: совместное сожитие
Under Imperial Russian law a husband could petition to compel a runaway wife to return to 'cohabitation' (sovmestnoye sozhitiye), since spouses had no legal right to live apart without formal separation; such demand letters, often sent through the police, were a recognizable feature of the period's domestic law.
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- Statistics §10 in the name of the law
Under Imperial Russian law a husband could petition to compel a runaway wife to return to 'cohabitation' (sovmestnoye sozhitiye), since spouses had no legal right to live apart without formal separation; such demand letters, often sent through the police, were a real and recognizable feature of the period's domestic law.
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