feme covert
Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /fɛmˈkʌvət/
Noun

feme covert

  1. (legal, now chiefly historical) A married woman.
    • 1817, Walter Scott, Rob Roy, IX:
      ‘you, Diana Vernon, spinstress, not being a femme couverte, and being a convict popish recusant, are bound to repair to your own dwelling, and that by the nearest way, under penalty of being held felon to the king [...].’
Related terms Translations
  • Russian: заму́жняя же́нщина
  • Spanish: mujer casada



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