Thesaurus: jointure
A joining; a joint.
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Definitions
- n. A joining; a joint.
- n. An estate settled on a wife, which she is to enjoy after husband's decease, for her own life at least, in satisfaction of dower.
- v. t. To settle a jointure upon.
- n. (law) an estate secured to a prospective wife as a marriage settlement in lieu of a dower
- n. the act of making or becoming a single unit
- An estate settled on a wife, which she is to enjoy afterhusband's decease, for her own life at least, in satisfaction ofdower.The jointure that your king must make, Which with her dowry shall becounterpoised. Shak.
- n. (law) an estate secured to a prospective wife as a marriage settlement in lieu of a dower