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Feme \Feme\ (f[e^]m or f[a^]m), n. [OF. feme, F. femme.] (Old
Law)
A woman. --Burrill.
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{Feme covert} (Law), a married woman. See {Covert}, a., 3.

{Feme sole} (Law), a single or unmarried woman; a woman who
has never been married, or who has been divorced, or whose
husband is dead.

{Feme sole trader} or {Feme sole merchant} (Eng. Law), a
married woman, who, by the custom of London, engages in
business on her own account, inpendently of her husband.
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