Which British legal tradition was followed in the United States?

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Responses

Women were allowed to run for office.
Women were allowed to run for office.

Women were not allowed to hold property.
Women were not allowed to hold property.

Women were not allowed to inherit family names.

1 answer

None of the provided responses accurately reflect a legal tradition that was specifically followed in the United States based on British legal tradition. However, if you're looking for an aspect of British legal tradition that influenced U.S. law, it would be the common law system, which did not specifically refer to these women's rights issues.

If you're specifically asking about women's rights as they relate to the options given:

  1. Women were allowed to run for office. - This is true, but it evolved over time and wasn’t always the case.
  2. Women were not allowed to hold property. - Under coverture legal doctrine, upon marriage, women typically lost their individual legal identity and rights to own property.
  3. Women were not allowed to inherit family names. - This is less about law and more about social customs.

If you have a specific question regarding U.S. legal traditions that relate to women's rights, feel free to clarify!