In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
COMPEAR
Verb
compear (third-person singular simple present compears, present participle compearing, simple past and past participle compeared)
(obsolete) To appear before.
(legal, Scotland) To appear before a judge in court personally or by attorney.
Anagrams
• compare, pomerac, precoma
Source: Wiktionary
Com*pear", v. i. Etym: [F. comparior, L. compar; com- + par to appear.]
1. To appear. [Obs.]
2. (Law)
Definition: To appear in court personally or by attorney. [Scot]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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