coverture

noun

Meaning

Chocolate prepared for covering cakes and sweets; such a covering.
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.
Shelter, hiding place.

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couverture(English)coemption(English)enclosure(English)conquest(English)common-law marriage(English)jointure(English)common law(English)coparcenary(English)subsumed(English)wives(English)legal(English)doctrine(English)

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