[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

feme \feme\ fe^m or fa^m, n. of. feme, f. femme. old
   law
   a woman. --burrill.
   1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster
see also:
feme covert covert feme sole feme sole trader feme sole merchant 

[2] : Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

feme, or, more properly,

Feme >> F Words
Feme, definition of term: Feme
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Feme Sole >> F Words
Feme Sole, definition of term: Feme Sole
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Feme Covert >> F Words
Feme Covert, definition of term: Feme Covert
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