CONQUETS

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From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  CONQUETS, French law. The name given to every acquisition which the husband 
  and wife, jointly or severally, make during the conjugal community. Thus, 
  whatever is acquired by the husband and wife, either by his or her industry 
  or good fortune, enures to the extent of one-half for the benefit of the 
  other. Merl. Rep. mot Conquet; Merl. Quest. mot Conquet. In Louisiana, these 
  gains are called aquets. (q.v.) Civ. Code of Lo. art. 2369.