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COVERTUR
(bouvier) | COVERTURE. The state or condition of a married woman.
2. During coverture, the being of the wife is civilly merged, for many
purposes, into that of her husband; she can, therefore, in general, make no
contracts without his consent, express or implied. Com. Dig. Baron and Feme,
W; Pleader, 2 A 1; 1 Ch. Pl. 19, 45; Litt. s. 28; Chit. Contr. 39; 1 Bouv.
Inst. n. 276.
3. To this rule there are some exceptions: she may contract, when it is
for her benefit, as to save her from starvation. Chit. Contr. 40.
4. In some cases, when coercion has been used by the husband to induce
her to commit crime, she is exempted from punishment. 1 Ha1e, P. C. 516; 1
Russ. Cr. 16.
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Coverture
(gcide) | Coverture \Cov"er*ture\ (k?v"?r-t?r; 135), n. [OF.
coverture,F.couverture.]
1. Covering; shelter; defense; hiding.
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Protected by walls or other like coverture.
--Woodward.
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Beatrice, who even now
Is couched in the woodbine coverture. --Shak.
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2. (Law) The condition of a woman during marriage, because
she is considered under the cover, influence, power, and
protection of her husband, and therefore called a {feme
covert}, or femme couverte.
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Discoverture
(gcide) | Discoverture \Dis*cov"er*ture\ (?; 135), n. [Pref. dis- +
coverture: cf. OF. descoverture.]
1. Discovery. [Obs.]
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2. (Law) A state of being released from coverture; freedom of
a woman from the coverture of a husband.
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