† uncovertadj.
= discovert adj.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > unmarried person(s) > unmarried woman > [adjective] > without a husband
lordlessOE
sole1464
uncovert1485
lone1548
discovert1632
unhusbanded1797
1485 Rolls of Parl. VI. 285 To vest and be in her sole.., as she were sole and uncovert.
1487 Act 4 Hen. VII c. 24 Five years next after that they..be..uncovert, and of whole Mind.
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