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Noun: coverture  kú-vur-chu(r)
  1. A covering or shelter
     
  2. (law) in common law, the state of a married woman whereby the existence of the wife was for many civil purposes merged with that of her husband, particularly with regard to ownership of property

Derived forms: covertures

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