-
woman became a
feme covert,
whose legal rights and
obligations were
mostly subsumed by
those of her husband. An
unmarried woman, or
feme sole, had the...
- was
considered to have the
legal status of
feme sole,
while a
married woman had the
status of
feme covert.
These are
English spellings of
medieval Anglo-Norman...
-
advantage in this work. A
married woman at that time had the
legal status of
feme covert, which,
among other things,
excluded her from
signing contracts (her...
-
French felonie,
compare modern Fr. félonie
female (Old Fr. femelle)
feme covert feme sole feminine, Old Fr. femenin,
compare Mod. Fr. féminin
feminism feminist...
- children's guardians.
Harvard Business School, 2010: "A
married woman or
feme covert was a dependent, like an
underage child or a slave, and
could not own...
-
giving rise to such
absurdities as une home ('a (feminine) man') or un
feme ('a (masculine) woman'), and its
vocabulary became increasingly English,...
- in Literature, 23: 58–68. Davidson,
Cathy N. (2004), "Privileging the
Feme Covert: The
Sociology of
Sentimental Fiction",
Revolution and the Word: The...
- the
expropriation of property, but
married women were
protected under "
feme covert",
which meant that they had no
political identity and
their legal rights...
- the minor. A
married woman could not
historically act as next
friend (
feme covert), but this
practice is no
longer current, at
least in the
United States...
- [citation needed]
English common law
defined the role of the wife as a
feme covert,
emphasising her
subordination to her husband, and
putting her under...
