feme sole

From Anglo-Norman feme (“woman”) sole (“alone”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈfɛmsəʊl/

feme sole (plural femes sole)

1. (law) A single woman, whether unmarried, spinster, widow or divorcee.

   To Mary Smith, an adult feme sole, you are hereby summonsed...

   • 1882, Parliament of the United Kingdom, “Section 1(1)”, in Married Women's Property Act 1882‎^[1], page 1:

     A married woman shall, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, be capable of acquiring, holding, and disposing by will or otherwise, of any real or personal property as her separate property, in the same manner as if she were a feme sole, without the intervention of any trustee.

• feme covert
• feme sole merchant

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