feme /fem or fēm/ (law)

A woman

feme covert /kuvˈərt/ noun

A married woman

feme sole noun

A spinster, widow, or married woman legally in the position of an unmarried woman

• the long and the short
• the long and the short of it
• the long arm of the law
• the long robe
• the Lord's anointed
• the Lord's tokens
• the lot
• the Low Countries
• the lowest of the low
• the lump
• thelytokies
• thelytokous
• thelytoky
• them
• thema
• the main chance
• them and us
• the Man of Sin
• the Mansion House
• the many
• themata
• thematic
• thematically
• thematic catalogue
• thematic catalogues