Definitions for: Coverture

Webster (1913) Definition: Cov"er*ture (k?v"?r-t?r; 135), n. [OF. coverture,F.
couverture.]
1. Covering; shelter; defense; hiding.

Protected by walls or other like coverture.
--Woodward.

Beatrice, who even now Is couched in the woodbine
coverture. --Shak.

2. (Law) The condition of a woman during marriage, because
she is considered under the cover, influence, power, and
protection of her husband, and therefore called a {feme
covert}, or femme couverte.

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