Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In law, the state of being free from coverture; freedom of a woman from the coverture of a husband.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete Discovery.
- noun (Law) A state of being released from coverture; freedom of a woman from the coverture of a husband.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete
discovery - noun obsolete, law A state of being
released fromcoverture ; freedom of a woman from the coverture of ahusband .
Etymologies
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dis- + coverture: compare Old French descoverture.
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