feme covert造句

• Therefore, many authors have used her as a source to discuss feme covert.
• Women during colonial times in America fell under the English governance rule of feme covert.
• Despite the feme covert status, women still had dealings with the legal system in colonial America.
• A feme covert was not recognized as having legal rights and obligations distinct from those of her husband in most respects.
• Under English Common Law, Lockwood was considered a " feme covert " ( English version of medieval Anglo-Norman legal term ), that is, a married woman.
• This was a time when a married woman had no legal rights whatsoever but was considered to be a " feme covert, " or legally " covered " by her husband.
• While marriage and " feme covert " ( married women whose legal rights were absorbed by those of their husband's ) left Grace without legal rights, politics had erased her social standing.
• Under traditional English common law an adult unmarried woman was considered to have the legal status of " feme sole ", while a married woman had the status of " feme covert ".
• As a result, he left the property at Graeme Park in her name, though under colonial law, Elizabeth was a " feme covert ", meaning that all of her property belonged to her husband when they were married.
• A " feme sole " had the right to own property and make contracts in her own name, while a " feme covert " was not recognized as having legal rights and obligations distinct from those of her husband in most respects.