| Around the turn of the 15th century, the French doctrine of coverture received a unique English twist. |
| Feminist reformers also challenged coverture by invoking equality. |
| Sholto felt nervously for his sword and cleared it instinctively of the coverture in which he was wrapped. |
| As the legal restrictions of coverture were gradually abolished, its symbol lived on – and in some other countries it became law. |
| After all, it is impossible to understand the doctrine of coverture. |
| There was another interpretation of coverture available, based on scriptural ideas, which focused not on the husband's power over his wife but on the unity that marriage gave them. |
