The statute gives her the right to make contractsand to sue and be sued as a single woman.
It secured to her the control of property owned by her at the time of marriage and of wages earned afterward, made her not liable for her husband's debts and gave her the same power to make contracts, wills, etc.
This act gave a wife the right to enter into any engagements or transactions with her husband, or any other person, to hold and dispose of real and personal property and to make contracts.
Although there has been no formal proclamation giving her an individual existence, unmarried women have always had the right to property and wages; to make contracts and do business in their own name.
Although there has been no formal proclamation giving her an individual existence, she has always had the right to property and wages, the right to make contracts and do business in her own name.
This is true, and hence her power to make contracts, so far as may be necessary for the use and enjoyment of her property, must be regarded as resulting by implication from the statute.
Mitchell, 2 Legal News, 44: It may be said that a married woman can not adequately enjoy her separate property unless she can make contracts in regard to it.
The right to property implies the right to buy and sell, to will and bequeath, and herein is the dawning of a civil existence for woman, for now the "femme covert" must have the right to make contracts.
It would be impossible for individuals to make contracts at all, if it were necessary for them to enumerate all the "self-evident truths," that might have a bearing upon their construction before a judicial tribunal.
Have not congress authority to make contracts, for the defence of the nation, with any and all the inhabitants of the nation, who may be willing to perform the service?
A married woman could not enter into contracts at common law, but by statute is now permitted to make contracts, with a few minor limitations, such as acting as surety for her husband, or making contracts with her husband.
A corporation usually authorizes its officers to make contracts.
Intoxicated persons, insane persons and idiots are not competent to make contracts.
It is not contrary to law for an infant to make contracts.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "make contracts" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
