Legal Definition and Related Resources of Covert
Meaning of Covert
Covered; protected; sheltered. A pound covert is one that is close or covered over, as distinguished from pound overt, which is open overhead. Co. Litt. 47b; 3 Bl. Comm. 12. A feme covert is so called, as being under the wing, protection, or cover of her husband. 1 Bl. Comm. 442. In the colony laws of New Plymouth, children are said to be “under the covert” of their parents.
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Synonyms of Covert
adjective
- clandestine
- cloaked
- concealed
- covered
- cryptic
- cryptical
- dark
- delitescent
- disguised
- furtive
- hidden
- insidious
- invisible
- latent
- muffled
- mysterious
- mystic
- mystical
- nonapparent
- occult
- out of sight
- private
- screened
- secluded
- secret
- sheltered
- shrouded
- sly
- sneaky
- stealthy
- surreptitious
- tacit
- undercover
- underground
- underhand
- undisclosed
- unknown
- unobtrusive
- unseen
- unsuspected
- veiled
Covert in the Dictionary of Law consisting of Judicial Definitions and Explanations of Words, Phrases and Maxims
French covrir, to cover. 1. Covered, protected. 2. Implied, inferred. 3. Under the disability of marriage; married. Discovert meaning unmarried, whether said of a widow or of a spinster.
Note: This legal definition of Covert in the Dictionary of Law (English and American Jurisprudence) is from 1893.
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