A wife's subjugation to the authority of her husband approached that of everyone's subjugation to the sovereignty of the monarch in early English common law, as the existence of which crime?

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Petite treason was a crime in early English common law that treated a wife's killing of her husband as analogous to a subject's betrayal of the monarch. This reflects the subjugation of a wife to her husband's authority, similar to a subject's allegiance to the sovereign.

A Wife's Subjugation to the Authority of Her Husband Approached