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Explain what the Napoleonic Code means?

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The Napoleonic Code means that once married, a couple retains right to one another's property.

In the state of Louisiana we have the Napoleonic code according to which what belongs to the wife belongs to the husband and vice versa. For instance if I had a piece of property, or you had a piece of property--

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