I say] let him, I say, Be made a coverture for the wars no more Badham conj.
The sothfastnesse that now is hid, Without coverture shal be kid, Whan I undon have this dreming, Wherin no word is of lesing.
Bot natheles he stant believed, And hath his pourpos ofte achieved Of worschipe and of worldes welthe, And takth it, as who seith, be stelthe Thurgh coverture of his fallas.
They londe and faile of that thei seche Be coverture and sleyhte of speche: This false man Strangulio, And Dionise his wif also, That he the betre trowe myhte, Thei ladden him to have a sihte 1580 Wher that hir tombe was arraied.
Provided that nothing in this Act contained shall enable women under coverture to be registered or to vote at such elections.
A woman under covertureis an irresponsible being except in case of crime.
The coverture of a woman disables her from making contracts to the prejudice of herself or her husband without his allowance or confirmation.
Sholto felt nervously for his sword and cleared it instinctively of the coverture in which he was wrapped.
Farther than ever from the imminence Of what cool comfort, what close coverture Your magic, deftly weaving, shall surround The unconscious captive with.
There still remains, however, the question of the bearing of arms in her own right by a married woman under coverture at the present day.
One cannot get over the fact that a wife during coverture had practically no legal status at all.
He acquires the same right in any property whether real or personal of which she may become possessed after marriage, and is liable during coverture for her debts contracted before marriage (Bl.
A wife cannot enforce her rights nor defend any action brought against her, but must plead coverture in person, being incapable of appointing an attorney (Bouv.
The incapacity arising from coverture is to a great extent removed, and is gradually disappearing by remedial legislation, and for this reason it will not be necessary to treat of it at much length.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "coverture" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
