˜yÐÄvlog

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feme

[ fem ]

noun

Law.
  1. a woman or wife.


feme

/ ´ÚÉ›³¾ /

noun

  1. law a woman or wife
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of feme1

1585–95; < Anglo-French, Old French fem ( m ) e < Latin ´Úŧ³¾¾±²Ô²¹ woman; akin to fetus, fecund
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of feme1

C16: from Anglo-French, ultimately from Latin ´Úŧ³¾¾±²Ô²¹ woman
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Example Sentences

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The ordinary disabilities are those of infants and married women—now in England greatly mitigated as regards the latter by the Married Women’s Property Acts, 1870 to 1893, which enable a married woman to contract, as a feme sole, to the extent of her separate property.

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Pain did covenant to permit the said Elizabeth to live separate from him and to carry on such Trade and Business as she should think fit, notwithstanding her coverture and as if she were a Feme.

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Quant vois borse desgarnie, Ma feme ne me rit mie.

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Quant je vieng � mon host� Et ma feme a regard� Derier moi le sac enfl�, Et ge qui sui bien par� De robe grise, Sachiez qu'ele a tot jus mise La quenoille, sans faintise.

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Ma feme va destrousser Ma male, sanz demorer.

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