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Under 18th-century English law, separate maintenance agreements presupposed the dissolution of a marriage, a state that the courts had no power to formally recognize. As a result, although a couple might sign such an agreement and live apart, the law had no mechanism for treating their marital bond as ended.
Which one of the following can most reasonably be inferred about a couple who had entered into a separate maintenance agreement?
- In the eyes of the courts, the two parties retained the legal status of a married couple.
- Such couples were legally barred from keeping their households separate.
- The agreement nullified the couple's original marriage contract on signing.
- Neither party could arrange financial support for the other without a court's prior approval.
- The agreement was unenforceable because the spouses lacked authority to contract privately.
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