{Feme covert} (Law), a married woman. See {Covert}, a., 3.
{Feme sole} (Law), a single or unmarried woman; a woman who
has never been married, or who has been divorced, or whose
husband is dead.
{Feme sole} {trader or merchant} (Eng. Law), a married woman,
who, by the custom of London, engages in business on her
own account, inpendently of her husband.