Feme-covert
[kuhv-ert] /ˈkʌv ərt/
noun, plural femes covert. Law.
1.
a married woman.
noun
1.
(law) a married woman
n.
“married woman” (legalese), c.1600, French, from Old French feme coverte, second element fem. of covert “covered.” Contrasted to feme sole.
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