Which of the following terms is best described as the practice that at marriage "women lost most of their property rights", enduring instead a "suspension of the independent existence of the wife, and an absorption by the husband of the woman's person and all her belongings?"
A) The doctrine of "marital unity"
B) The doctrine of "marital permanence"
C) The "cult of domesticity"
D) The Catholic sacrament of marriage
E) The doctrine of "marital purity"

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The doctrine of "marital unity" refers to the legal principle where a married woman's legal rights and obligations were subsumed by those of her husband, effectively suspending her independent legal existence.

Which of the Following Terms Is Best Described as the Practice