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coverture
(encz) | coverture,kryt n: Zdeněk Brož |
coverture
(encz) | coverture,přikrývka n: Zdeněk Brož |
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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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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