Plural of feme; multiple women or wives in legal context, or archaic plural referring to women collectively.
Simple pluralization of 'feme' by adding '-s.' This follows the normal English pattern for creating plural nouns from the legal French-derived singular 'feme.'
The plural 'femes' appears mostly in historical legal documents where lawyers discussed the status of 'femes covert' versus 'femes sole'—the archaic English reveals how different a woman's legal existence could be depending on marital status.
Plural of 'feme,' inheriting the legal baggage of coverture doctrine and the reduction of women to marital status categories.
Avoid outside strict historical/legal scholarship.
["women","persons"]
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