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covert baron

adj

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman couverte baroun, alteration of earlier coverte de baron (“covered by a husband”).

  1. borrowed from couverte baroun

Definitions

  1. Covert, under coverture

    Covert, under coverture; married.

    • The Surrender by a woman covert Baron, being of the age of one and twenty years, made together with her ſband of the Lands

  2. The protection of a husband

    The protection of a husband; a married state, the condition of a feme covert or (loosely) any married person.

    • to put himself under covert-baron [translating à couvert], he tooke him a wife from out that place, where all men may have them for mony[…].

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