Associations to the word «Jointure»
Noun
- Dowager
- Dowry
- Widow
- Countess
- Estate
- Assurance
- Manor
- Settle
- Frances
- Debt
- Viscount
- Settling
- Fortune
- Eleanor
- Pound
- Settlement
- Payment
- Marriage
- Margaret
- Husband
- Elizabeth
- Lady
- Wife
- Land
- Eldest
- Norfolk
- Portion
- Castle
- Provision
- Property
- Daughter
- Younger
- Earl
- Queen
- Sir
- Money
- Anne
- Borough
- Raise
- Hundred
- Thomas
- Mother
- Sale
- Son
- Income
- Uncle
- Death
- Will
- Mary
- Make
- Lord
- Henry
- Say
- Out
- House
- Claim
- Child
- Township
- Duke
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Wiktionary
JOINTURE, noun. (obsolete) A joining; a joint.
JOINTURE, noun. (legal) An estate settled on a wife, which she is to enjoy after her husband's death, for her own life at least, in satisfaction of dower.
JOINTURE, verb. (transitive) To settle a jointure upon.
Dictionary definition
JOINTURE, noun. (law) an estate secured to a prospective wife as a marriage settlement in lieu of a dower.
JOINTURE, noun. The act of making or becoming a single unit; "the union of opposing factions"; "he looked forward to the unification of his family for the holidays".
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