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feme covert

[kuhv-ert]
–noun, plural femes covert. Law.
a married woman.

Origin:
1520–30; < AF: covered (protected) woman
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feme covert 
"married woman" (legalese), 1602, from Fr., from O.Fr. feme coverte, second element fem. of covert "covered." Contrasted to feme sole.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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