Covert
A Dictionary of Law · William C. Anderson · 1889
A Dictionary of Law
* 1.
Covered, protected: as, a pound covert.
See Pound, 2. 3.
Implied, inferred: as, a covert condition.
3.
Under the disability of marriage; married.
Discovert.
Unmai-ried, whether said of a widow or of a spinster.
Covert baron
A wife: under the protection of her husband or baron,* q. v.
Feme covert
A married woman: under the wing, protection or cover of her husband. * Coverture. The condition of a woman during marriage.
Discoverture.
Not subject to the disability of being married. Used as pleas in abatement, g. u, and in speaking of the rights and liabilities of married women generally. See further Disability; Feme, Covert; Husband.