In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
COVERTURES
Noun
covertures
plural of coverture
Source: Wiktionary
COVERTURE
Cov"er*ture (kv"r-tr; 135), n. Etym: [OF. coverture,F.couverture.]
1. Covering; shelter; defence; hiding. Protected by walls or other like coverture. Woodward. Beatrice, who even now Is couched in the woodbine coverture. Shak.
2. (Law)
Definition: The condition of a woman during marriage, because she is considered under the cover, influence, power, and protection of her husband, and therefore called a feme covert, or femme couverte.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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