"feme covert" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /fɛmˈkʌvət/ [UK] Forms: femes covert [plural], femes coverts [plural]
Etymology: From Anglo-Norman feme (“woman”) covert (“covered, protected”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|xno|feme||woman}} Anglo-Norman feme (“woman”), {{m|fro|covert||covered, protected}} covert (“covered, protected”) Head templates: {{en-noun|femes covert|femes coverts}} feme covert (plural femes covert or femes coverts)
  1. (law, now chiefly historical) A married woman. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Law, People Related terms: feme sole, feme sole merchant Translations (law, a married woman): aviovaimo (Finnish), заму́жняя же́нщина (zamúžnjaja žénščina) [feminine] (Russian), mujer casada [feminine] (Spanish)

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