CONE et Keye

CONE et Keye
CONE et Keye
seu, ut in Bractoni MSS. Codd. legiannotat Cowellus, Kover et Key, ad verbum significat operculum et clavem: metonymice autem res illas, quaesuboperculo aut clave, a prudentioribus matribus familias custodiri solent. Apud eundem Bractonum, l. 2. c. 37. §. 2. femina, in Sockmannis, dicitur esse plenae aetatis, cum possit et sciat domui suae disponere --- ut sciat quae
pertinent ad Cone et Keye etc. Idem §. 3. Quia in tali aetate potest disponere domi suae et Cone et Keye, Car. du Fresne, Glossar.

Hofmann J. Lexicon universale. 1698.

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  • cone and key — In old English law, a woman at fourteen or fifteen years of age could take charge of her house and receive cone and key; that is, keep the accounts and keys. Said by Lord Coke to be cover and keye, meaning that at that age a woman knew what in… …   Black's law dictionary

  • cone and key — In old English law, a woman at fourteen or fifteen years of age could take charge of her house and receive cone and key; that is, keep the accounts and keys. Said by Lord Coke to be cover and keye, meaning that at that age a woman knew what in… …   Black's law dictionary

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