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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DISCOVERTURE

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

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DISCOVERT

Dis *cov "ert, a. Etym: [Cf. F. découvert uncovered, OF. descovert. See Discover, Covert. ] (Law )

Defn: Not covert; not within the bonds of matrimony; unmarried; -- applied either to a woman who has never married or to a widow.

DISCOVERT

DISCOVERT Dis *cov "ert, n.

Defn: An uncovered place or part. [Obs. ] At discovert, uncovered. [Obs. ] Chaucer.

DISCOVERTURE

Dis *cov "er *ture, n. Etym: [Pref. dis- + coverture: cf. OF. descoverture.]

1. Discovery. [Obs. ]

2. (Law )

Defn: A state of being released from coverture; freedom of a woman from the coverture of a husband.