meaning of jointure
1. A joining; a joint.
2. An estate settled on a wife, which she is to enjoy after husbands decease, for her own life at least, in satisfaction of dower.
3. To settle a jointure upon.
4. 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
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Related Words
jointure | jointured | jointureless | jointuress |
