- feme covert
- feme covert "married woman" (legalese), c.1600, French, from O.Fr. feme coverte, second element fem. of covert "covered." Contrasted to feme sole.
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feme covert
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Feme covert — Feme Feme (f[e^]m or f[a^]m), n. [OF. feme, F. femme.] (Old Law) A woman. Burrill. [1913 Webster] {Feme covert} (Law), a married woman. See {Covert}, a., 3. {Feme sole} (Law), a single or unmarried woman; a woman who has never been married, or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
feme covert — (Fr.) A married woman. Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations … Law dictionary
feme covert — [fem′ kuv′ərt] n. [OFr, lit., woman covered] Law a married woman … English World dictionary
feme covert — feme cov·ert || ‚fɪËm‚kÊŒvÉ™(r)t (French) married woman (Law) … English contemporary dictionary
feme covert — noun /fɛmˈkʌvət/ A married woman. See Also: feme sole, feme sole merchant … Wiktionary
feme covert — /fern kavart/ A married woman. Generally used in reference to the former legal disabilities of a married woman, as compared with the condition of a feme sole … Black's law dictionary
feme covert — /fern kavart/ A married woman. Generally used in reference to the former legal disabilities of a married woman, as compared with the condition of a feme sole … Black's law dictionary
feme covert — /kuv euhrt/, pl. femes covert. Law. a married woman. [1520 30; < AF: covered (protected) woman] * * * … Universalium
feme-covert — n.; (also femme covert) [Fr.] Married women … New dictionary of synonyms
feme covert — [fi:m kʌvət] noun Law, historical a married woman. Origin C16: from Anglo Norman Fr., lit. a woman covered (i.e. protected by marriage) … English new terms dictionary
