英语词汇“feme covert”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

feme covert

/fiːm ˈkʌvət

noun Law, historical

A married woman.Yet legal terms and procedures were also expected to respect a married woman's special status as a feme covert, a covered woman....

However, a London custom from the Middle Ages let women trade as individuals, converting the wife of a freeman ‘from the servile status of feme covert into feme sole merchant’ with the legal rights of an independent trader.
It would not be advisable to select a feme covert as trustee.

Early 16th century: from Anglo-Norman French, literally 'a woman covered (i.e. protected by marriage)'.

单词	feme covert
释义	feme covert /fiːm ˈkʌvət / noun Law, historical A married woman.Yet legal terms and procedures were also expected to respect a married woman's special status as a feme covert, a covered woman.... However, a London custom from the Middle Ages let women trade as individuals, converting the wife of a freeman ‘from the servile status of feme covert into feme sole merchant’ with the legal rights of an independent trader. It would not be advisable to select a feme covert as trustee. Origin Early 16th century: from Anglo-Norman French, literally 'a woman covered (i.e. protected by marriage)'.
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