Definition for Femme:

• By a more recent act, April 11, 1848, of the same state, it is provided, that in all cases where debts may be contracted for necessaries for the support and maintenance of the family of any married woman, it shall be lawful for the creditor, in such case, to institute suit against the hushand and wife for the price of such necessaries, and after obtaining a judgment, have an execution against the hushand alone and if no property of the said hushand be found, the officer executing the said writ shall so return, and thereupon an alias execution may be issued, which may be levied upon and satisfied out of the separate property of the wife, secured to her under the provisions of the first section of this act. Provided, That judgment shall not be rendered against the wife, in such joint action, unless it shall have be proved that the debt sued for in such action, was contracted by the wife, or incurred for articles necessary for the support of the family of the said hushand and wife.

Synonyms for Femme:

• n.

  •female (noun)
  • madam,
  • grand-mother,
  • grandmother,
  • girl,
  • daughter,
  • She,
  • gal,
  • lady,
  • sister,
  • GALS,
  • matron,
  • SHES,
  • Gentlewomen,
  • gentlewoman,
  • femme,
  • mother.
  •woman (noun)
  • female.

Antonyms for Femme:

• n.

  • female
    man, male.