Meanings
plural femes sole
- lawA single woman, whether unmarried, spinster, widow or divorcee.
To Mary Smith, an adult feme sole, you are hereby summonsed...
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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.
1882, Parliament of the United Kingdom, “Section 1(1)”, in Married Women's Property Act 1882, page 1
Origin
- Anglo-Normanfeme“woman”
- Englishfeme sole
From Anglo-Norman feme (“woman”) sole (“alone”).
More words from Anglo-Norman
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Russian незаму́жняя же́нщина
- незаму́жняя же́нщина (nezamúžnjaja žénščina)law, a single woman
Spanish mujer soltera
- mujer solteralaw, a single woman
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