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Meaning of "feme sole" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD FEME SOLE

From Anglo-French: a woman alone.
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PRONUNCIATION OF FEME SOLE

feme sole play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FEME SOLE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Feme sole is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FEME SOLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Coverture

Coverture was a legal doctrine whereby, upon marriage, a woman's legal rights and obligations were subsumed by those of her husband, in accordance with the wife's legal status of feme covert. An unmarried woman, a feme sole, had the right to own property and make contracts in her own name. Coverture was enshrined in the common law of England for several centuries and throughout most of the 19th century, influencing some other common-law jurisdictions. According to Arianne Chernock, coverture did not apply in Scotland, but whether it applied in Wales is unclear. After the rise of feminism in the mid-19th century, coverture came under increasing criticism as oppressive towards women, hindering them from exercising ordinary property rights and entering professions. Coverture was first substantially modified by late 19th century Married Women's Property Acts passed in various common-law legal jurisdictions,and was weakened and eventually eliminated by subsequent reforms. Certain aspects of coverture survived as late as the 1960s in some states of the United States.

Definition of feme sole in the English dictionary

The definition of feme sole in the dictionary is a single woman, whether spinster, widow, or divorcee. Other definition of feme sole is a woman whose marriage has been annulled or is otherwise independent of her husband, as by owning her own property.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FEME SOLE

female
female circumcision
female condom
female impersonator
female suffrage
female thread
femaleness
femality
feme
feme covert
femerall
femerell
Femidom
feminacy
feminal
feminality
feminazi
femineity
feminie
feminility

WORDS THAT END LIKE FEME SOLE

anisole
camisole
console
convex sole
crepe sole
Dover sole
dropped sole
European sole
Fiesole
games console
girasole
inner sole
insole
lemon sole
midsole
outsole
posole
resole
rissole
sole

Synonyms and antonyms of feme sole in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «feme sole» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FEME SOLE

Find out the translation of feme sole to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of feme sole from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «feme sole» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

FEME唯一
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

feme única
570 millions of speakers

English

feme sole
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

स्री एकमात्र
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

feme الوحيد
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

FEME единственным
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

feme único
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নারী একমাত্র
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

feme sole
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Feme tunggal
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Feme Sohle
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

FEMEソール
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

feme 솔
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Fem tunggal
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

duy nhất Feme
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Feme ஒரே
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्त्री एकमात्र
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Baş belası
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

suola feme
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

feme jedynym
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

FEME єдиним
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

feme unic
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

FEME μοναδικός
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

getroude uitsluitlike
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

feme sula
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

feme såle
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of feme sole

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FEME SOLE»

The term «feme sole» is used very little and occupies the 180.744 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FEME SOLE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about feme sole

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FEME SOLE»

Discover the use of feme sole in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to feme sole and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Feme Sole: A Novel
This novel explores American myths and ideologies which inform or complicate agency, power, identity, gender roles, and sexuality in the road narrative.
Jennifer K. Collins, 2008
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Women and Gender in Medieval Europe: An Encyclopedia
If a crime was committed against a feme sole, she was at a disadvantage in using the appeal procedure—the procedure whereby a victim of a crime essentially brought a private prosecution—because, at least in theory, a single woman could  ...
Margaret Schaus, 2006
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A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of ...
Baron and feme, husband and wife ; feme covert a married woman ; feme sole, a single woman. FEME COVERT. A married woman. Coverture subjects a feme covert to some duties and disabilities, and gives her some rights and immunities to ...
John Bouvier, 2004
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A Treatise on Equity Jurisprudence: As Administered in the ...
The capacity of a married woman to act as a feme sole may embrace, among other elements, a power to make contracts, a power to dispose of her property, and a freedom from the control which the common law gives to her husband. How far ...
John Norton Pomeroy, 1918
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Pomeroy's Equity Jurisprudence and Equitable Remedies: A ...
The capacity of a married woman to act as a feme sole may embrace, among other elements, a power to make contracts, a power to dispose of her property, and a freedom from the control which the common law gives to her husband. How far ...
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Ruling Cases
Is it true that she is regarded in equity as a feme sole 1 She is regarded as a feme sole to a certain extent, but not as a feme sole absolutely, and there is the fallacy. She, in my opinion, is regarded as a feme sole only as regards property which, ...
Robert Campbell, Irving Browne, Leonard Augustus Jones, 1895
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The Law Journal Reports: New Series
Then section 26 provides as follows : — " In every case of a judicial separation the wife shall whilst so separated be considered as a feme sole for the purposes of contract and wrongs and injuries, and suing and being sued in any civil ...
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Philadelphia Reports
cannot be made liable for debts as a feme sole trader, unless she was engaged in some trade, business, or employment, pursued by her for a livelihood, was decided in Cleaver vs. Scheetz, 20 P. F. Smith, 496. It seems equally clear that ...
Henry Edward Wallace, 1884
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A Digest of the Laws of England
Devise, (H. 3.)— Difient, (D. 8.) — Dower, per i'jtum. — Fine, (K. 3, 4.) Feme Sole. Vide Baron and Feme, (A. I, &C.) Feme Sole Merchant. Vide Baron and Feme, (A. a.) — — London, (N. 7.) jTcoffrctrtt. Afeoffment: - -A. i?x Of what effect it (hill be.
Sir John Comyns, Stewart Kyd, 1793
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A Digest of the Laws of the State of Connecticut
be sued as a feme sole, for it would be unreasonable that she should be remediless on her part, and equally hard upon her creditors: who not havingf any remedy against the husband, should be without remedy against the wi e. (s Unde )r ...
Zephaniah SWIFT, 1822

3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FEME SOLE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term feme sole is used in the context of the following news items.
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Rule on wife's domicile not abolished, submits counsel
... section 4 of that Act declared a married woman as a 'feme Sole' which means that wives had all the legal rights as an independent woman. «Malaysiakini, Jun 15»
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Should You Change Your Name After Marriage? The Woman's …
Interestingly, a feme sole, a single woman, had legal rights in medieval England, but upon marriage, a woman became a feme covert. A feme ... «Huffington Post, Mar 15»
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Judith Rowbotham: The highwaywoman who robbed Notts
... she stood up in court and insisted that she was not married to Bracy and so, with her guilt plain and as a feme sole (single woman), there was ... «Nottingham Post, Apr 14»

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