discoverture

Variant of discovert

discovert definition

dis·cov·ert (dis kuv′ərt)

adjective

Law having no husband: said of a spinster, widow, or divorcée

Etymology: ME < OFr descovert, lit., not covered, hence not protected: see dis- & cover

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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