feme
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of feme
1585–95; < Anglo-French, Old French fem ( m ) e < Latin fēmina woman; akin to fetus, fecund
Example Sentences
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A free widow or adult single woman had the legal status of a feme sole, which allowed her to acquire property and do business as if she were male.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018
In extraordinary cases of desertion or abuse, assemblies might grant feme sole status to a wife, with the right to hold property and run her own household but not remarry.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018
THE second private relation of persons is that of marriage, which includes the reciprocal duties of husband and wife; or, as most of our elder law books call them, of baron and feme.
From Commentaries on the Laws of England Book the First by Blackstone, William, Sir
Baron and feme we call husband and wife, and coverture we term marriage.
From The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author by Burton, John Hill
In England, where the right to vote is based on property and not person, the feme sole freeholder has exercised her right all along.
From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II by Stanton, Elizabeth Cady
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