Covert
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Covered; protected; sheltered. A pound covert is one that is close or covered over, as distinguished from pound overt, which is open overhead.
Co. Litt. 47b; 3 Bl. Comm. 12.
A feme covert is so called, as being under the wing, protection, or cover of her husband.
1 Bl. Comm. 442.
In the colony laws of New Plymouth, children are said to be "under the covert" of their parents.