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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.
- Any couple seeking such an agreement was legally barred from maintaining separate households.
- The signing of the agreement had the effect of nullifying the couple's original marriage contract.
- Neither party was permitted to arrange financial support for the other without judicial approval.
- The agreement was unenforceable because the spouses lacked the authority to make private contracts.
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