Discoverture

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

  Discoverture \Dis*cov"er*ture\ (?; 135), n. [Pref. dis- +
     coverture: cf. OF. descoverture.]
     1. Discovery. [Obs.]
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     2. (Law) A state of being released from coverture; freedom of


        a woman from the coverture of a husband.
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