coverture

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coverture englanniksi

1. puhekieltä 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.

2. (alternative spelling of)

3. Shelter, hiding place.

4. 1599, w:William Shakespeare|William Shakespeare, w:Much Ado About Nothing|Much Ado About Nothing, s:Much Ado About Nothing (Shakespeare)|Act 3 Scene 1

URSULA. The pleasant'st angling is to see the fish

Cut with her golden oars the silver stream,

And greedily devour the treacherous bait:

So angle we for Beatrice; who even now

Is couched in the woodbine coverture.

5. covering; cover

6. s:fr:Perceval ou le conte du Graal|Perceval ou le conte du Graal, (w)

sanz coverture fu la sele.

: The saddle was without a cover.

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