coverture

[kuhv-er-cher] Origin

cov·er·ture

[kuhv-er-cher]
noun
1.
a cover or covering; shelter; concealment.
2.
Law. the status of a married woman considered as under the protection and authority of her husband.

Origin:
1175–1225; Middle English < Anglo-French, Old French. See covert, -ure
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coverture (ˈkʌvətʃə)
 
n
1.  law the condition or status of a married woman considered as being under the protection and influence of her husband
2.  rare shelter, concealment, or disguise
 
[C13: from Old French, from covert covered; see covert]

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coverture
early 13c., earliest ref. is to bedcovers, from O.Fr. coverture (12c.), from L. *coopertura, from p.p. stem of cooperire "to cover" (see cover). Most modern senses had evolved by mid-15c.
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