feme covertn.

Brit.

/ˌfɛm ˈkʌvət/,

/ˌfiːm ˈkʌvət/, U.S.

/ˈˌfɛm ˈkəvərt/,

/ˈˌfim ˈkəvərt/,

/ˈˌfɛm ˈkoʊvərt/,

/ˈˌfim ˈkoʊvərt/

Inflections: Plural femes covert, feme coverts, femes coverts.

Forms: 1600s feme couert, 1600s feme coverte, 1600s 1900s– femme covert, 1600s–1800s 2000s– feme covert, 1600s– femme couverte, 1700s feme couvert.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French feme covert.

Etymology: < Law French feme covert, literally ‘a woman covered’, i.e. under protection (14th cent. or earlier in Anglo-Norman as femme coverte , feme coverte ) < feme , femme feme n. + the feminine of covert covered (see covert adj.). Compare post-classical Latin femina cooperta (14th cent. in a British source). Compare feme sole n., feme n.

Law. Now historical.

A married woman, considered as under the authority and protection of her husband, and (formerly, in English common law and United States law) as having no separate legal identity or rights to her own property; opposed to feme sole. Cf. covert adj. 4, coverture n. 9a.Where substantial means were in issue, the courts of Equity recognized that property might be put outside a husband's reach if it were settled on the wife as her ‘separate property’. In England in the 19th cent. the legal disabilities of married women became increasingly the object of strong and influential criticism, leading to legislation, notably the Married Women's Property Act of 1882, which achieved a substantial measure of reform.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > married person > married woman > [noun]

damec1330

matrona1393

feme sole1600

feme covert1602

lucky1629

ma'am1765

marm1865

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > married person > married woman > [noun] > wife

wifeeOE

womanc1275

peerc1330

spousessc1384

ladyc1390

good lady1502

girl?a1513

spousage1513

little lady1523

the weaker vessel1526

companion1535

wedlock1566

Mrs1572

dame1574

rib?1590

feme1595

fathom1602

feme covert1602

shrew1606

wife of one's bosom1611

kickie-wickiea1616

heifer1616

sposa1624

bosom-partner1633

goodwife1654

little woman1715

squaw1767

the Mrs1821

missus1823

maw1826

lady wife1840

tart1864

mistress1873

mama1916

ball and chain1921

trouble and strife1929

old boot1958

1602 W. Fulbecke Parallele or Conf. Law i. 4 A feme couert cannot make a contract.

1642 tr. J. Perkins Profitable Bk. i. §6. 3 If a Feme covert grant an Annuitie by deed, the grant is void.

1667 R. L'Estrange tr. F. de Quevedo Visions ii. 86 My poor Wife..being a Femme-Couverte, not an Officer durst come neer her.

1743 H. Fielding Wedding Day iv. v. 53 Do you know, Sir, that this Lady is a Femme Couverte, and the Consequence of detaining such, without the leave of her Husband first had and obtain'd?

1790 C. Durnford & E. H. East Rep. Cases King's Bench 3 629 A feme couvert cannot appoint an attorney.

1823 H. Toulmin Digest Laws State Alabama xviii. 250 Any two justices of the peace may take the acknowledgment or probate of deeds, and the relinquishment of the right of dower by femes covert.

1858 Ld. St. Leonards Handy Bk. Prop. Law xxv. 189 An infant, lunatic, feme covert, or [etc.].

1918 H. L. Mencken In Def. Women (1922) xxix. 120 The English wife of tradition, so thoroughly a femme covert, is being displaced by a gadabout, truculent, irresponsible creature,..strongly disinclined to submit to her husband's authority.

1989 C. R. Wilson & W. Ferris Encycl. Southern Culture 1556/1 Marriage made a single woman into a femme covert, whose legal person and property are merged with her husband's.

2010 P. S. Hammons Gender, Sexuality, & Material Objects in Eng. Renaissance Verse vii. 178 A widow is no longer a feme covert in the legal and economic senses of the concept.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	feme covert
释义	feme covertn. Brit. /ˌfɛm ˈkʌvət/, /ˌfiːm ˈkʌvət/, U.S. /ˈˌfɛm ˈkəvərt/, /ˈˌfim ˈkəvərt/, /ˈˌfɛm ˈkoʊvərt/, /ˈˌfim ˈkoʊvərt/ Inflections: Plural femes covert, feme coverts, femes coverts. Forms: 1600s feme couert, 1600s feme coverte, 1600s 1900s– femme covert, 1600s–1800s 2000s– feme covert, 1600s– femme couverte, 1700s feme couvert. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French feme covert. Etymology: < Law French feme covert, literally ‘a woman covered’, i.e. under protection (14th cent. or earlier in Anglo-Norman as femme coverte , feme coverte ) < feme , femme feme n. + the feminine of covert covered (see covert adj.). Compare post-classical Latin femina cooperta (14th cent. in a British source). Compare feme sole n., feme n. Law. Now historical. A married woman, considered as under the authority and protection of her husband, and (formerly, in English common law and United States law) as having no separate legal identity or rights to her own property; opposed to feme sole. Cf. covert adj. 4, coverture n. 9a.Where substantial means were in issue, the courts of Equity recognized that property might be put outside a husband's reach if it were settled on the wife as her ‘separate property’. In England in the 19th cent. the legal disabilities of married women became increasingly the object of strong and influential criticism, leading to legislation, notably the Married Women's Property Act of 1882, which achieved a substantial measure of reform. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > married person > married woman > [noun] damec1330 matrona1393 feme sole1600 feme covert1602 lucky1629 ma'am1765 marm1865 society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > married person > married woman > [noun] > wife wifeeOE womanc1275 peerc1330 spousessc1384 ladyc1390 good lady1502 girl?a1513 spousage1513 little lady1523 the weaker vessel1526 companion1535 wedlock1566 Mrs1572 dame1574 rib?1590 feme1595 fathom1602 feme covert1602 shrew1606 wife of one's bosom1611 kickie-wickiea1616 heifer1616 sposa1624 bosom-partner1633 goodwife1654 little woman1715 squaw1767 the Mrs1821 missus1823 maw1826 lady wife1840 tart1864 mistress1873 mama1916 ball and chain1921 trouble and strife1929 old boot1958 1602 W. Fulbecke Parallele or Conf. Law i. 4 A feme couert cannot make a contract. 1642 tr. J. Perkins Profitable Bk. i. §6. 3 If a Feme covert grant an Annuitie by deed, the grant is void. 1667 R. L'Estrange tr. F. de Quevedo Visions ii. 86 My poor Wife..being a Femme-Couverte, not an Officer durst come neer her. 1743 H. Fielding Wedding Day iv. v. 53 Do you know, Sir, that this Lady is a Femme Couverte, and the Consequence of detaining such, without the leave of her Husband first had and obtain'd? 1790 C. Durnford & E. H. East Rep. Cases King's Bench 3 629 A feme couvert cannot appoint an attorney. 1823 H. Toulmin Digest Laws State Alabama xviii. 250 Any two justices of the peace may take the acknowledgment or probate of deeds, and the relinquishment of the right of dower by femes covert. 1858 Ld. St. Leonards Handy Bk. Prop. Law xxv. 189 An infant, lunatic, feme covert, or [etc.]. 1918 H. L. Mencken In Def. Women (1922) xxix. 120 The English wife of tradition, so thoroughly a femme covert, is being displaced by a gadabout, truculent, irresponsible creature,..strongly disinclined to submit to her husband's authority. 1989 C. R. Wilson & W. Ferris Encycl. Southern Culture 1556/1 Marriage made a single woman into a femme covert, whose legal person and property are merged with her husband's. 2010 P. S. Hammons Gender, Sexuality, & Material Objects in Eng. Renaissance Verse vii. 178 A widow is no longer a feme covert in the legal and economic senses of the concept. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1602
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