Discovert

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Discovert \Dis*cov"ert\, n.
     An uncovered place or part. [Obs.]
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     {At discovert}, uncovered. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Discovert \Dis*cov"ert\, a. [Cf. F. d['e]couvert uncovered, OF.
     descovert. See {Discover}, {Covert}.] (Law)
     Not covert; not within the bonds of matrimony; unmarried; --
     applied either to a woman who has never married or to a
     widow.
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From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  DISCOVERT. Not covert, unmarried. The term is applied to a woman unmarried, 
  or widow; one not within the bonds of matrimony.