Feme

Definition of Feme

Pronunciation: fĕm or făm

(Old Law) A woman.

Feme covert
(Law) a married woman. See Covert, a., 3.

Feme sole
(Law) a single or unmarried woman; a woman who has never been married, or who has been divorced, or whose husband is dead.

Feme sole trader
(Eng. Law) a married woman, who, by the custom of London, engages in business on her own account, inpendently of her husband.

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