coverture
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Synonyms: overture, couverture, overturn, overtire, oversure, ouverture, covertures, overturf, cofeature, co-venture, co venture
Antonyms: overture, couverture, overturn, overtire, oversure, ouverture, covertures, overturf, cofeature, co-venture, co venture
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Noun
- Concealing cover, disguise, veil; {{q|also figurative}}.
- {{lb|en|legal|historical}} A [[common law]] doctrine developed in England during the Middle Ages, whereby a woman's legal existence, upon marriage, was [[subsume]]d by that of her husband, particularly with regard to [[ownership]] of [[property]] and [[protection]].
- {{alternative spelling of|en|couverture}}.
- Shelter, hiding place.
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