\Feme\ (? or ?), n. [OF. feme, F. femme.] (Old Law)
A woman. --Burrill.

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