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Webster 1913 Edition


Discoverture

Dis-cov′er-ture

(?; 135)
,
Noun.
[Pref.
dis-
+
coverture
: cf. OF.
descoverture
.]
1.
Discovery.
[Obs.]
2.
(Law)
A state of being released from coverture; freedom of a woman from the coverture of a husband.

Webster 1828 Edition


Discoverture

DISCOVERTURE

,
Noun.
A state of being released from coverture; freedom of a woman from the coverture of a husband.

Definition 2024


discoverture

discoverture

English

Noun

discoverture (plural discovertures)

  1. (obsolete) discovery
  2. (obsolete, law) A state of being released from coverture; freedom of a woman from the coverture of a husband.