Complex sentence: Similarly, the husband of an heiress could become the legal possessor of her lands "jure uxoris", as in England where, until the Married Women's Property Act 1882, married women were legally incapable of owning real estate.
Split into simpler sentences: Similarly, the husband of an heiress could become the legal possessor of her lands. In England until the Married Women's Property Act 1882, married women were legally incapable of owning real estate.