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feme covert

American  
[kuhv-ert] / ˈkʌv ərt /

noun

Law.
femes covert plural

  1. a married woman.

feme covert British  

noun

  1. law a married woman

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noun

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Origin of feme covert

1520–30; < Anglo-French: covered (protected) woman

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