Legal Definition and Related Resources of Feme Sole

A single woman , divorcee, widow or unmarried woman.

An unmarried woman; includes widows and divorced women.

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Feme sole in the Dictionary of Law consisting of Judicial Definitions and Explanations of Words, Phrases and Maxims

Also Feme-sole. A single woman; one who has never been married, who has been judicially separated from her husband, or whose mariage has been disolved by divorce from, or by the death of, the husband. A married woman who, in matters of property, is independent of her husband, is a feme sole as to such property, and may deal with it as if she were unmarried. Taylor v. Meads, 34 L.J. Ch. 207 (1865).

Note: This legal definition of Feme sole in the Dictionary of Law (English and American Jurisprudence) is from 1893.

English Legal System: Feme Sole

In the context of the English law, A Dictionary of Law provides the following legal concept of Feme Sole : (Anglo-French)

An unmarried woman. The term includes a widow or divorcee or a woman whose marriage has been annulled.