Jointure
[dʒɔintʃә]
Definition
(noun.) (law) an estate secured to a prospective wife as a marriage settlement in lieu of a dower.
Edited by Jeremy--From WordNet
Definition
(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.
Checker: Steve
Examples
- Nothing at all, I should rather suppose; for she has only her jointure, which will descend to her children. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Courtship, love, presents, jointures, settlements have no place in their thoughts, or terms whereby to express them in their language. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
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