COVERTURE

COVERTURE coverture (k[schwa]v-[schwa]r-ch[schwa]r also -tyoor), n. Archaic. The condition of being a married woman (under former law, a woman under coverture was allowed to sue only through the personality of her husband). See feme covert under FEME. [Cases: Husband and Wife 55.] ¡ª covert (k[schwa]v-[schwa]rt), adj. ¡°Coverture, is a french word signifying any thing that […]