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coverture

The English word “coverture” has 3 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. Concealing cover, disguise, veil; (also figurative).
  2. A common law doctrine developed in England during the Middle Ages, whereby a woman's legal existence, upon marriage, was subsumed by that of her husband, particularly with regard to ownership of property and protection.
  3. Shelter, hiding place.

Etymology

From Middle English, borrowed from Old French coverture, from covrir (“to cover”) or from Late Latin coopertura. Doublet of couverture.

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