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(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. スポンサード リンク
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